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
Choudhury Jayaprakash Das
Narayan
Hara Rath
Ramesh
Prasanjeet Mohapatra
Siddharth
Subhadra Das
Rina
Sarmistha Sengupta
Rina's Mother
Chandramukhi Das
Siddharth's Wife
Rwitoban Acharya
Dying Jamidar
Ajay Kannaujiya
Child Jamidar's Father
Kingshuk Ghosh
Child Jamidar
Paramjeet Das
Child Narayan
Avinaba Biswas
Siddharth's Son
Prasanna Mallick
Coconut Plucker
Kunja Bihari Dash
Daskathia Gayak
Narasingha Mahapatra
Daskathia Palia
Priyanka Raj
Siddharth's Wife (voice)
Crew
Nikhilesh Mishra
Director
Nikhilesh Mishra
Screenplay
Vishal Kumar Ranjan
Producer
Shreemoy Mishra
Director of Photography
Animesh Sharma
Editor
Ajit Bhasin
Sound Recordist
Ajit Bhasin
Sound Designer
Ajit Bhasin
Sound Mixer
Nitesh Mishra
Production Design
Santosh Kumar Jena
Art Direction
Shireen Ghosh
Original Music Composer
Aaryaman Kutty
Colorist
Pawan Kamble
First Assistant Director
Chiranjit Das
Executive Producer
Saideep Dora
First Assistant "A" Camera
Prakash Jai
"B" Camera Operator
Sachin Bure
Assistant Director
Aalok Kumar
Assistant Director
Sidhartha Chakravarty
Assistant Director
Pranjal Singh
Assistant Director
Rakesh Oraon
Assistant Director
Ananya Maity
Costume Assistant
Lavkus Kumar Pandit
Costume Assistant
Shivapriyaa Sengupta
Props
Abhijit Mohanty
Props
Siddhant Patel
Assistant Director
Abhijeet Thakur
Assistant Director
Nishant Vinipra
Line Producer
Subhash Chandra Jha
Production Assistant
Sanjay Mahato
Location Assistant
Eroxust
Assistant Camera
Srijan Chakrabarty
Assistant Camera
Haridhar Rengasamy
Assistant Camera
Chandrabhan Singh
Assistant Camera
Fikade Kifle
Assistant Camera
Vaibhav Sorte
Assistant Camera
Aswin Ashok
Sound Assistant
Avani Meena
Sound Assistant
Ananthu NK
Sound Assistant
Prabuddha Mukhopadhyay
Sound Assistant
Sonu Chowdhury
Sound Assistant
Tanvir Singh
Sound Assistant
Himangshu Shekhar Saikia
Sound Assistant
Shah Zafar
Property Master
Amit Bhatia
Makeup & Hair
Tulika
Makeup & Hair Assistant
Arnab Bar
Gaffer