X=Prem

X=Prem

Year: 2022

Runtime: 116 mins

Language: Bengali, Bangla

Director: Srijit Mukherji

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Khilat, a young software engineer, and Joyee are determined to face any and all problems that life throws at them. Will they ever get there happily ever after?

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Timeline & Setting – X=Prem (2022)

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Location

Road trip, College campus, Arnab's home, Dr. Kaufman's lab, Khilat's workplace

X=Prem unfolds across several intimate settings: a road trip that triggers Khilat's memory loss, a college environment where Joyee and Arnab's past linger, and the high-tech lab where memory implantation is tested. The story also ventures into home life, with Aditi and Arnab's domestic space revealing the stakes of memory and love. These locations anchor the sci-fi premise in everyday life and relationships.

🚗 Road trip 🏫 College campus 🧪 Laboratory 💼 Tech company 🏠 Home

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Main Characters – X=Prem (2022)

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Khilat (Anindya Sengupta)

A brilliant computer science student who suffers retrograde amnesia covering the past ten years after a road accident. He works for an international company and is desperate to regain his career, seeking implanted memories of professional skills—and even of love—to reunite with Joyee. The plot centers on his struggle to discern real memories from engineered ones and to decide what truly defines him.

🧠 Memory loss 💼 Professional ambition 💡 Tech genius

Joyee (Shruti Das)

Khilat's fiancée who attempts to reconstruct their past by recounting their love story and uncovering how they met, including their first kiss and moments together. She drives the memory-search for genuine connection and persists despite the pain of Khilat's amnesia.

💞 Love 🎯 Determination 💬 Social media

Arnab (Arjun Chakrabarty)

A former college senior who secretly loved Joyee and is now married to Aditi. He agrees to undergo a memory-extraction process to erase memories of Joyee, hoping to free his life from the past. After the procedure, he cannot recognize Joyee, illustrating the personal cost of altering memory.

💔 Secret love 🧠 Memory manipulation 🤝 Sacrifice

Aditi (Madhurima Basak)

Arnab's wife, who knows about his feelings for Joyee. She accepts Arnab and sacrifices for their relationship, initially resisting the memory procedure but ultimately supporting the path chosen by those around her in the name of love.

💑 Relationship 🤝 Loyalty 🧠 Consent

Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 09:59

Major Themes – X=Prem (2022)

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🧠 Memory

Memory becomes both tool and barrier as Khilat navigates amnesia and the implanted past, driving the plot and testing his sense of self. The film explores how memory shapes identity, career, and the authenticity of relationships. The memory implants raise questions about consent, ownership, and what parts of our lives are truly ours.

💔 Love vs Memory

Love is tested when memories can be engineered or erased. Joyee's determination to recover a loving history clashes with the possibility that the love could be a reconstruction. The story asks whether a relationship can endure when the memory of it may not be genuine. Ultimately, the characters confront what it means to choose love beyond memory.

🔬 Ethics of Science

Dr. Kaufman's experiments push the boundaries of scientific ethics. The procedure raises concerns about consent, memory privacy, and the potential for unintended consequences. The film uses the memory plot to critique the commodification of personal experiences. It leaves viewers weighing innovation against the human cost of memory manipulation.

Last Updated: October 01, 2025 at 09:59

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