“Mayanagar” is a powerful Bengali drama directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta, featuring standout performances by Sreelekha Mitra, Satrajit Sarkar, Anirban Chakrabarti, and Bratya Basu.
Released on February 7, 2025, the film first earned global attention with its world premiere at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival, where Sengupta’s distinct visual storytelling was widely praised.
Set within the layered, pulsating ecosystem of a vast metropolis, Mayanagar unfolds as a meditative exploration of the dreams, illusions, and disillusionments that exist beneath a city’s glittering façade.
Through multiple intertwining narratives, the film tracks characters who move through urban spaces marked by aspiration, exploitation, desire, and despair. Sengupta crafts a haunting, atmospheric world—part real, part surreal—where the lines between imagination and reality blur.
As the city becomes both a character and a maze, Mayanagar reveals the emotional, economic, and psychological forces that shape modern life. With its lyrical pace, striking visuals, and deeply human performances, Mayanagar stands as an evocative portrait of contemporary urban existence—its beauty, its emptiness, and the illusions that bind it all together.