{{Undisclosed paid|date=December 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = The Parcel | image = The Parcel poster.jpg | alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --> | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Indrasis Acharya | producer = Rituparna Sengupta<br>Krishna Kyal | writer = Indrasis Acharya | starring = Rituparna Sengupta <br>Saswata Chatterjee | music = Joy Sarkar | cinematography = Santanu Dey | editing = Moloy Laha | studio = | distributor = | released = {{film date|df=yes|2019|11|10|Kolkata|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kiff.in/movie-schedule/category|title=Movie Schedule (Category Wise) - Kolkata International Film Festival|work=kiff.in|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>|2020|03|13}} | runtime = 124 minutes | country = India | language = Bengali | budget = | gross = }}
'''''The Parcel''''' is a 2020 Indian Bengali-language mystery cum psychological thriller film directed by Indrasis Acharya, produced by Rituparna Sengupta and Krishna Kyal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/indrasis-acharya-shares-the-first-look-from-his-next-parcel/articleshow/70801722.cms|title=Indrasis Acharya shares the first-look from his next 'Parcel' - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=23 August 2019 }}</ref> The film features Rituparna Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee, Anindya Chatterjee and Ambarish Bhattacharya in lead roles and Sreela Majumdar and Pradip Mukherjee as supporting characters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/dwitiyo-purush-rawkto-rawhoshyo-to-parcel-most-anticipated-bengali-movies-of-2020/this-valentines-day-celebrate-love-with-love-aaj-kaal-porshu/photostory/73270754.cms|title=This Valentine's Day celebrate love with 'Love Aaj Kaal Porshu' - 'Dwitiyo Purush', 'Rawkto Rawhoshyo' to 'Parcel': Most-anticipated Bengali movies of 2020|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=14 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/parcels-first-look-is-out/articleshow/70803098.cms|title=Parcel's first look is out! - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=23 August 2019 }}</ref> The story of the film revolves around a doctor-couple and Nandini, the protagonist, and mysterious parcels.
Acharya, the director of the film, won the Best Director award (Hiralal Sen Memorial) at the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival for the film.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/indrasis-wins-best-director-award-for-parcel-at-25th-kiff/articleshow/72082795.cms|title=Indrasis wins Best Director award for 'Parcel' at 25th KIFF - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=16 November 2019 }}</ref> The film was theatrically released on 13 March 2020.<ref name=ls1:toi>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/the-parcel/movieshow/74588174.cms|title=The Parcel|date=13 March 2019|access-date= 14 March 2020|work=Times of India}}</ref>
==Plot== The film begins with a couple, Nandini and Souvik, both doctors,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/at-kolkata-international-film-festival-parcel-plays-out-like-an-agatha-christie-plot-2376239.html|title=At Kolkata International Film Festival, Parcel Plays Out Like An Agatha Christie Plot|website=News18|date=6 November 2019 }}</ref> and their teenaged daughter leading an uneventful life until it is abruptly disrupted. Nandini receives a parcel one morning from an anonymous person.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/parcel-movie-review-indrasis-acharyas-tale-exposes-the-rot-that-lies-just-below-a-picturesque-facade-7633991.html|title=Parcel movie review: Indrasis Acharya's tale exposes the rot that lies just below a picturesque facade|date=11 November 2019|website=Firstpost}}</ref> She feels that someone from her past might be blackmailing her. This leads to an exploration of her psychoses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asianmoviepulse.com/2019/10/film-review-the-parcel-2019-by-indrasis-acharya/|title=Film Review: The Parcel (2019) by Indrasis Acharya|first=Panos|last=Kotzathanasis|date=24 October 2019}}</ref> The couple fall into a trap that raises questions about their careers, reveals extramarital affairs, and upends regular life as they knew it. Nandini's past haunts her present, creating a major disruption of balance in her narrative.
==Cast==
* Rituparna Sengupta as Nandini * Saswata Chatterjee as Souvik * Anindya Chatterjee * Ambarish Bhattacharya * Sreela Majumdar * Pradip Mukherjee * Daminee Basu * Juin Bagchi
== Production == The film is produced by Rituparna Sengupta and Krishna Kyal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/rituparna-sengupta-gives-a-brief-idea-about-her-next-parcel/articleshow/68388330.cms|title=Rituparna Sengupta gives a brief idea about her next 'Parcel' - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=13 March 2019 }}</ref>
==Promotion and release==
The official trailer of the film was unveiled by Acharya on 11 February 2020.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=5ru8z6hi-mY|title=The Parcel Bengali Movie Official Trailer (পার্সেল) - Rituparna - Saswata - Indrasis Acharya|work=Indrasis Acharya|publisher=YouTube|date=11 February 2020}}</ref>
The film was theatrically released on 13 March 2020.<ref name=ls1:toi />
==Soundtrack== The music of the film is composed by Joy Sarkar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/rituparna-sreela-sing-for-indrasiss-film/articleshow/68168960.cms|title=Rituparna, Sreela sing for Indrasis's film - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=26 February 2019 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! # !! Title !! Singer(s) |- | 1 | "Amaar Raat Pohalo" | Sreela Mazumder |- | 2 | "Brindabono Rai Bilasi" | Rituparna Sengupta |}
==Awards==
* ''The Parcel'' has received two festival laurels – the 14th Jogja NETPAC Asian film festival in Indonesia and the Diorama international film festival in Delhi.<ref name="auto"/> * Indrasis Acharya won the Best Director award (Hiralal Sen Memorial) at the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival for the film ''The Parcel''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kiff.in/|title=Kolkata International Film Festival|website=kiff.in}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|tt10727128}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parcel, The}} Category:2019 films Category:Bengali-language Indian films Category:2019 Bengali-language films Category:Indian mystery thriller films Category:2010s mystery thriller films Category:Indian psychological thriller films Category:2019 psychological thriller films Category:Greentouch Entertainment films