Tora's Husband

“He’s a good person, but he’s not a good husband,” says Tora (Tarali Kalita Das) about her husband Jaan (Abhijit Das). Jaan is struggling to keep his restaurant and bakery afloat amidst the pandemic. He’s generous and altruistic – he went into debt paying his workers during lockdown. But he’s also arrogant, impatient and argumentative – and, as he buckles under stress, his drinking is getting worse. Every night he leaves Tora with their young children while he parties with his buddies. Abhijit Das is quietly magnificent as Jaan, making him a difficult and complicated, but ultimately endearing person. Day-to-day joys and heartaches, and a looming sense of crisis, make up this enticing and rich slice of family life.