Nirbaak

The story unfolds in Kolkata, weaving urban life with intimate park scenes and everyday city life. The city’s cultural texture and crowded spaces provide a backdrop for a troubled mind and surreal encounters. A cyclone disruption occurs in the narrative, amplifying the sense of upheaval in the characters’ lives. The park environment, alongside streets and eateries, anchors the film’s distinctive urban atmosphere.

🪞 Fragmentation

The narrative centers on a man with schizophrenia and multiple personalities, effectively splitting his identity. The story is told through shifting roles—husband, writer, and son—blurring lines between memory and imagination. These fragments color his interactions and color the audience's understanding of reality in Nirbaak.

🔥 Desire & Obsession

Desire manifests in surreal episodes, including a non-human figure that embodies longing, and the tension between Sushmita’s commitments and her relationships. The park and dreamlike imagery depict longing as both tender and unsettling. The narrative suggests how appetite and fantasy can destabilize lives and relationships.

💢 Jealousy

Jealousy drives violence in the circles around Sushmita, highlighted by rivalrous interactions with a domestic animal character. This arc shows how possession and fear of loss can lead to destructive acts and accidents, fracturing the lives of the living. The tension peaks in tragedy that reshapes the characters’ futures.

🖤 Love

An obsessive love develops around a morgue worker who fixates on Sushmita’s corpse, illustrating how longing can become consuming and dangerous. The fixation escalates, drawing in others and exposing darker impulses. The arc probes mortality, desire, and the limits of affection.

⚰️ Separation

The film closes with an irreversible sense of separation between two dead bodies, underscoring isolation even in death. The juxtaposition of Sushmita’s retrieval with Ritwick’s demise intensifies the emotional distance between characters. The ending reinforces the theme that connections can fray beyond repair.