Director Sourish Dey’s film Baagh was screened at the ongoing 27^th Kolkata International Film Festival. After making four short films, the director wrote, directed, and edited his own independent experimental silent film, Juto (The Journey).

A press meet was organized that was graced by the director and cast and crew of the film.

Baagh shows the wild animal instincts in a civilized society. It is shown through the eyes of a folk actor who performs as a tiger to earn his living. A citizen advises the King to interview a real tiger to know more about it. Mr. Jaiswal, the Goat is given the charge for this project. Grand arrangements are made. But the King orders to cut down on the expenses. Disappointed by the meek responses from the tiger the Goat resorts to ill conduct. What happens next?

According to the director, the tiger is a symbol. He did show glimpses of the animal but throughout the film, the tiger is more of a symbolic element.

The cast of the film consists of Biswanath Basu (Baagh), Abhra Shankar Roy (Citizens), Faiz Alam Khan (Mr. Jaiswal, the Goat), and Amit Dey (Government).

The film is produced by Snigdha Biswas.

The music for the film has been composed by Subho Pramanik and Samrat Roy.

The duration of the film is 80 minutes.

Priyanka Dutta