With her father missing, Saba is the sole caregiver to her paraplegic mother, Shirin, who suffers from acute heart disease. Although Shirin's condition binds them together, her frustration with their situation often manifests as bitterness and anger towards her daughter, so they live in their own separate worlds. When Shirin has a heart attack, Saba races against time to sell their home, lowering the price, and even risking her burgeoning romance with her senior co-worker Ankur — who dreams of starting a new life abroad — to pay for her mom’s heart surgery.
The stories of 'Procholito' are often heard while walking, sometimes read, and deeply embedded in the minds since childhood. 'Procholito' reflects the art of enveloping these ideas in the contemporary cloak, creating a timeless allure.
Pett Kata Shaw takes the darkest most nefarious Bengali folk tales that survived generations and gives them a modern twist. Our stories and our culture must live on. Ghost stories too.
