Kia and Cosmos

Kia and Cosmos is a Bengali-English whodunit drama film, directed by debutant director Sudipto Roy and produced by Christopher Cornelsen, Pawan Kanodia and Prachi Kanodia under the banner of AVA Film Productions Pvt. Ltd. The story follows 15-year-old Kia who lives with her single mother, and her journey from Kolkata to Kalimpong to investigate the murder of a neighborhood cat named Cosmos. The film was released on 29 March 2019.^[1][2] The movie is loosely based on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time novel by Mark Haddon.^[3]

Kia and Cosmos
Teaser poster
Directed by	Sudipto Roy
Written by	Sudipto Roy
Story by	Sudipto Roy
Based on	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
Produced by	Christopher Cornelsen Pawan Kanodia Prachi Kanodia
Starring	Ritwika Pal Swastika Mukherjee Joy Sengupta
Cinematography	Aditya Varma
Edited by	Anirban Maity
Music by	Neel Adhikari
Production company	AVA Film Productions Pvt. Ltd
Release date	29 March 2019 (2019-03-29)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Bengali and English

Synopsis

Kia is a 15-year-old autistic teenager living with her single mother. One day, her pregnant cat, Cosmos, vanishes and Kia feels that it is not a normal disappearance but a murder. Kia sets out on a journey to find what happened to Cosmos.

Cast

• Ritwika Pal as Kia Chaterjee
• Swastika Mukherjee as Dia Chaterjee
• Mita Chaterjee
• Sraman Chaterjee as Rabi
• Zahid Hossain as Souvik
• Joy Sengupta as Kabir Chaterjee
• Amaan Reza as Anup

Release

The official trailer of the film was released by Times Music on 9 March 2019.^[4]

The film received cinematic release in India on 29 March 2019.^[2]

Home video

The film was made available on Netflix in North America, the United Kingdom and Australia in May 2019.^[5][6][7]