Songs of Forgotten Trees (2025)

Thooya, a migrant and aspiring actress, secretly works as a part time sex worker in Mumbai. When she sublets her sugar daddy’s flat to Swetha, a call-centre employee and a migrant, an unexpected connection begins to form. Their lives, seemingly worlds apart, slowly entangle. Amid the city’s chaos, they share silences, stories, and small acts of care. But as buried desires and past wounds emerge, the fragile bond is tested. What unfolds is not drama, but a quiet blooming of selfhood, survival, and strange and platonic kinship between women navigating a world that rarely sees them.

Details

Director:
Anuparna Roy
Production:
River Tale Films (Bibhanshu Rai), Romil Casting (Romil Modi), Flip Films (Ranjan Singh), Nube studio – Nube cirrus (Navin Shetty), Khan & Kumar Media (Sharib Khan, Vikas Kumar)
Running Time:
77’
Language:
Hindi
Country:
India
Year:
2025
Main Cast:
Naaz Shaikh, Sumi Baghel, Bhushan Shimpi, Ravi Maan, Pritam Pilania, Lovely Singh
Screenplay:
Anuparna Roy
Cinematographer:
Debjit Samanta
Editor:
Ashish Patel
Music:
Nishant Ramteke
Sound:
Arka Dey

 

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Songs of Forgotten Trees

Songs of Forgotten Trees