The film ‘Kalkokkho’, directed by Rajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti, recently won the National Award for Best Bengali Feature Film, presented to producer Anjan Bose by President Droupadi Murmu. The story, reflecting the COVID-19 pandemic’s despair, revolves around a doctor’s transformative experience when kidnapped by a paranoid woman. With a cast led by Sreelekha Mukherji and Janardan Ghosh, the film premiered at the Busan International Film Festival, hindered by pandemic-related travel restrictions.