Themes: likely hallucinated← Previous revisionRevision as of 07:45, 13 October 2026 Line 103: Line 103: === Filming === === Filming === Principal photography commenced on 9 September 2023 after a [[Muhurta|muhurat]] ceremony at SVF's Kolkata office. Key locations included Shimultala and villages in [[Bankura]] to depict Akashgunj. with additional sequences shot in [[Kolkata]]. Ghosal said the production faced budget constraints in set design and VFX, and that he and his team did three months of pre-production work. The shoot was split into two schedules, with an outdoor schedule at Simultala in September and a second schedule in November.{{cite web |last=Roy |first=Piya |title=Filmmaker Soukarya Ghosal on creating and navigating the world of Pokkhirajer Dim |website=The Telegraph (India) |date=18 June 2025 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/t2/filmmaker-soukarya-ghosal-on-creating-and-navigating-the-world-of-pokkhirajer-dim-prnt/cid/2108460 |access-date=13 October 2026}} Principal photography commenced on 9 September 2023 after a [[Muhurta|muhurat]] ceremony at SVF's Kolkata office. Key locations included Shimultala and villages in [[Bankura]] to depict Akashgunj. with additional sequences shot in [[Kolkata]]. Ghosal said the production faced budget constraints in set design and VFX, and that he and his team did three months of pre-production work. The shoot was split into two schedules, with an outdoor schedule at Simultala in September and a second schedule in November.{{cite web |last=Roy |first=Piya |title=Filmmaker Soukarya Ghosal on creating and navigating the world of Pokkhirajer Dim |website=The Telegraph (India) |date=18 June 2025 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/t2/filmmaker-soukarya-ghosal-on-creating-and-navigating-the-world-of-pokkhirajer-dim-prnt/cid/2108460 |access-date=13 October 2026}} == Themes == Ghosal framed the narrative as exploring "childhood wonder through mathematical curiosity", using the relic as a metaphor for knowledge acquisition. The film examines colonial extraction vs indigenous knowledge, embodied by Dr Reed’s attempts to appropriate the relic as historical resource exploitation; academic struggle as heroism, shown in Ghoton’s mathematical journey paralleling his coming‑of‑age arc; and scientific ethics, raised by Batabyal’s experiments questioning responsible innovation. Scholars also note parallels with [[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]'s ''Patalghar'' in blending rural folklore with speculative fiction. == Release == == Release ==