The story follows Rahul (Sudipto Chatterjee), a Bengali architect living and working in Dubai who returns to Kolkata. His life is in shambles: his professional life is stagnant, and his personal life is haunted by the disappearance of his brother, who was last seen living in a decrepit building overrun by mushrooms.
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The film is not narrative-driven in a traditional sense. It operates like a fever dream. The cinematography captures Kolkata not as the bustling city of joy, but as a place of silent decay and creeping mold. The "mushrooms" growing in the brother’s dwelling serve as a potent metaphor for the festering secrets and moral rot within the family and society. The story follows Rahul (Sudipto Chatterjee), a Bengali