The Golden Cage backdrop

The Golden Cage 2023 Directed by Prataya Saha Shonar Khacha

It is an early winter morning in Kolkata in 1989 and the palatial old "Roy Choudhury" house lies dilapidated, housing the last few members of a once huge affluent joint family. Rudro, the younger brother of the last generation, an under-confident, nondescript man in his mid-30s tries to convince Rajatabho, the eldest of the brothers to take up the offer of selling the house in a desperate attempt to save themselves from bankruptcy. Rajatabho, however, is unrelenting. Rudro, later tries to convince Anjali, Rajatabho's wife, to help change her husband's mind. Later in the day, a crying Anjali grinds down sleeping pills on her kitchen slab. She reminisces down memory lane through each nook and corner of the house as she does this. Finally, at dusk, as Anjali stands alone on the terrace holding a bottle of sleeping pills, Rajatabho suddenly arrives and they look eye to eye for the first time in months.

Country India
Production Country India
Language Bengali
Spoken Language Bengali
Budget $2,500
Revenue $4,500
Release Date 22 September 2023
11 mins
Cast
Anshulika Kapoor Anjali Roy Chowdhury
Deboprasad Halder Rudro Roy Chowdhury
Sounak Sen Barat Rajatabho Roy Chowdhury