As the Curtain Rises ()

When an aging, reclusive Daskathia performer breaks decades of silence to honour a dying patron's wish, he confronts the question that has haunted his entire life— if the last audience walks away, is it still a performance?

Cast (15)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Choudhury Jayaprakash Das

Narayan

Hara Rath

Ramesh

Prasanjeet Mohapatra

Siddharth

S

Subhadra Das

Rina

S

Sarmistha Sengupta

Rina's Mother

C

Chandramukhi Das

Siddharth's Wife

R

Rwitoban Acharya

Dying Jamidar

A

Ajay Kannaujiya

Child Jamidar's Father

K

Kingshuk Ghosh

Child Jamidar

P

Paramjeet Das

Child Narayan

A

Avinaba Biswas

Siddharth's Son

P

Prasanna Mallick

Coconut Plucker

K

Kunja Bihari Dash

Daskathia Gayak

N

Narasingha Mahapatra

Daskathia Palia

P

Priyanka Raj

Siddharth's Wife (voice)

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