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Mukhosh
Mukhosh
Directed by	Birsa Dasgupta
Written by	Birsa Dasgupta
Produced by	Mahendra Soni
Starring	Anirban Bhattacharya; Kaushik Sen
Cinematography	Subhankar Bhar
Production; company	Shree Venkatesh Films
Distributed by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Release date	19 August 2021;
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Mukhosh (transl. The Mask) is a 2021 Indian Bengali-language psychological thriller film directed by Birsa Dasgupta starring Anirban Bhattacharya.^[1]^[2]^[3] The film, an official remake of the Malayalam movie Anjaam Pathiraa, was released theatrically on 19 August 2021.^[4] The movie was released by the name Mukhosh instead of Psycho.

Synopsis

A series of gruesome murders jolt Kolkata. The latest victims are from the Kolkata police - they are kidnapped, slowly tortured, killed, and their hearts taken out. The police invite Kinshuk, a criminologist, to analyze and present insights into the case.

Cast

Anirban Bhattacharya as Kingshuk Roy
Chandrayee Ghosh as Kaberi Bose
Payel De as Rai Roy
Tota Roy Chowdhury as Dr. David S. Paul
Anirban Chakraborty as Adrish Burman
Soumya Sengupta
Shahir Raj as David Paul
Kaushik Sen as Kalyan Roy Chowdhury
Sohini Sarkar as Souzie Paul
Prantik Choudhury
Nilanjan Ghosal as hacker

Production

Dasgupta started shooting the film in February 2021. Anirban Bhattacharya was announced as a lead cast.^[5]^[2]

Title interpretation

Talking about the title of the film, the director said, "The word ‘psycho’ is often loosely used, it's a slang to demean someone. We can rarely separate between the psychopath, the sociopath, the troubled and the abused-aggressor. Deranged villains who prey on the weak and innocent, forcing them into unthinkable acts and stealing from them that which they hold most dear are probably the real psychos. And also those who protect them are equally guilty. For the guardians of the devil are demons too. Hoping to deal with such a relevant social discourse through a film is exciting indeed."^[6]