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Drama

The Slow Man and His Raft

9.0(1)

Released:January 25, 2026

Runtime:3h 2m

Status:Released

Set in rural Bengal, Pradipta Bhattacharyya’s contemplative drama about the human condition, The Slow Man and His Raft, centres on Nadhar, a motion-impaired, middle-aged man, “slower than a sloth”, who is swept into a touring circus following the death of his caregiving mother. Nadhar is something of a relic, a slow man stranded in a frantic, productive society. For those around him, his slowness can at best serve as a derisory spectacle. An expansive meditation on human nature, slowness and being profoundly out of step with the world.

Cast

Amit Saha

Amit Saha

Nadhar

Ritwick Chakraborty

Ritwick Chakraborty

Haradhan

Priyanka Sarkar

Priyanka Sarkar

Shyama

Aparajita Ghosh Das

Aparajita Ghosh Das

Haradhan’s wife

Satakshi Nandy

Satakshi Nandy

Rupa

Sayan Ghosh

Sayan Ghosh

Rahman

Soham Maitra

Soham Maitra

Kaushik Roy

Kaushik Roy

Chanchal Kundu

Basudeb Haldar

Storyline

Set in rural Bengal, Pradipta Bhattacharyya’s contemplative drama about the human condition, The Slow Man and His Raft, centres on Nadhar, a motion-impaired, middle-aged man, “slower than a sloth”, who is swept into a touring circus following the death of his caregiving mother. Nadhar is something of a relic, a slow man stranded in a frantic, productive society. For those around him, his slowness can at best serve as a derisory spectacle. An expansive meditation on human nature, slowness and being profoundly out of step with the world.

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