Tope (film)

Tope (lit. 'The Bait') is a 2016 Indian Bengali-language psychological drama film directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and produced by Pawan Kanodia.^[1] The film is based on a same name short story of Narayan Gangopadhyay. The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival^[2] and was released on 5 May 2017^[3] under the banner of Ava Film Productions Pvt. Ltd.^[4]

Tope
Film poster
Directed by	Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Written by	Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Produced by	Pawan Kanodia
Cinematography	Asim Bose
Edited by	Amitava Dasgupta
Music by	Alokananda Dasgupta
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	September 2016 (2016-09) (TIFF)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

The plot revolves around three parallel stories in the style of magic realism. There is an eccentric King of rural India who can go to any extent to fulfill his dreadful wishes. Munni, a teenage girl and tightrope walker, lives with her mother. Goja, the postman who lives in jungle and suffers from meaninglessness of life.^[5][6]

Cast

• Ananya Chatterjee as Rekha
• Paoli Dam as Munni's mother
• Sudipto Chatterjee as King
• Kajol Kumari as Munni
• Chandan Roy Sanyal as Goja
• Krishnendu Adhikari
• Eshika Dey