More than a decade after its release, Chatrak remains a difficult pill to swallow. If you go into it looking for a thriller about a missing person, or a scandalous erotic drama, you will leave disappointed.
Paoli Dam deserves immense credit for her performance as the nameless wife. Before Chatrak , she was known for conventional Bengali commercial cinema. Here, she strips away all artifice. She spends large portions of the film doing very little—staring out of windows, smoking, wandering through rubble—but her eyes convey a deep, existential fatigue. She carries the emotional weight of the film, serving as the tragic anchor in a sea of aimless men. Bengali Movie Chatrak Full 188