Chumbak is a short story that was apparently inspired by real-life drama of one Indian family. An adopted boy wakes up one night because of horrible mortal groans and sees that his foster-father is murdered by the wife… Or is he?

This movie is a little strange. It tells about a collision inside a dysfunctional family, and their attempt to find a way out, but not only that attempt is weird as hell, it also doesn’t work. This is a pretty interesting work, but it lacks information; at the end, like it often happens, there are notes about subsequent development in the characters’ lives, and even though they do clarify the picture a little bit, too much is still left unsaid. The film leaves a feeling of incompleteness, which is probably the biggest problem with it. Everything else, however, is pretty good, including acting and the overall directorial style. You may wanna check it out:

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