A middle-class couple living in Kolkata faces increasing alienation and emotional breakdowns. The husband, injured and unemployed, struggles with shame and impotence; the wife, working and outwardly composed, becomes distant. Their relationship and personal identities unravel as they confront past traumas, social pressures, and intimate failures, culminating in a shocking, ambiguous act of violence that forces both to face unbearable truths.

Released in 2011, Vimukthi Jayasundara’s Bengali film Chatrak (Mushrooms) stands as one of the most polarizing and discussed pieces of modern Bengali cinema. While it garnered significant attention at prestigious international film festivals, including the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes, it became a subject of intense controversy in India and Bangladesh due to its explicit content. Beyond the scandal that surrounded its release, Chatrak is a complex allegorical work that uses the medium of cinema to explore the psychological fractures caused by urbanization and the search for identity in a fragmented world.

(known internationally as Mushrooms) is a 2011 Bengali drama film directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara. It gained significant notoriety due to a specific unsimulated scene that sparked intense controversy in India and among Bengali audiences. 🎬 Film Overview