The Storyteller

Oct 8, 2022

1h 52m

★ 8.8

Overview

After decades of working in the printing industry in Kolkata in eastern India, Tarini has reached retirement age. He spends his days at home, having declined his son’s invitation to come to the United States. Then a friend shows him a help-wanted ad. Although he has never published a book, Tarini used to tell made-up stories to his friends in his youth, and the ad for a storyteller in Ahmedabad in western India piques his interest.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Jio Studios

Purpose Entertainment

Quest Films

The Storyteller Trailers

Cast

Tarini Bandhopadhay

Paresh Rawal

Tarini (Young)

Rajarshi Nag

Ratan Garodia

Adil Hussain

Manikchand

Jayesh More

Anuradha

Anindita Bose

Suzy Fibert

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Saraswati

Revathi

Bankim

Rohit Mukherjee

Somit

Pratik Dutta

Joyoti

Senjuti Roy Mukherji

Mouli

Kaberi Bose

Boudi

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