Mandip Saha’s directorial debut ‘Ishkabon’ is a political drama on the Maoism issue in West Bengal against the backdrop of a politically turbulent time. The feature-length Bengali film is shot in the picturesque Jhargram.
In the pre-independent days, Viceroy Lord Curzon gifted a diamond-embedded golden pen to a local landlord as a token of gratitude for saving his life. When a newspaper feature about the long-lost pen's historical significance surfaces over a century later, it piques the curiosity of several people for all the right and wrong reasons. The key to discovering the pen lies in solving a set of puzzles left behind by the landlord, but with a fortune at stake and plenty of interested parties joining the treasure hunt, things may just take a dark turn.
Kolkata-based Sheela Bhowmik feels isolated and neglected, and decides to leave her busy film-maker husband, Raja, to spend sometime with her friend, Renu, her mom, and then subsequently travels to Kashmir to spend some time by herself. Raja gets involved in a new movie depicting the life of Gautam Buddh, and is on the look-out for a male child to play the character. He does find one, a young school-going lad, Abhirup Mitra; introduces him to the Producer, Vikram; as well as other crew including beautiful Anjali, who has a crush on Raja. Neither Vikram, Anjali nor any of the crew are aware that Raja is the prime suspect in the abduction of Abhirup.
A middle-class family struggle to make ends meet. Their only hope is their son Rana who always fights injustice which lands him a job in the police force and takes care of the family.
