India, Feb. 18 -- Actor Tillotama Shome is always so good in everything she does that it will come to nobody's surprise that she delivers yet another powerful, heartbreaking performance in Baksho Bondi (titled Shadowbox in English), the debut feature made by Saumyananda Sahi and Tanushree Das, which the actor also co-produced. Here, she plays a working class woman named Maya pushed to the sidelines because of her tough circumstances, someone who is desperately trying to make ends meet for her family. Premiering at the Berlin Film Festival, this is a focused neorealist drama punctuated with moments of fleeting hope. (Also read: Tillotama Shome's 'Baksho Bondi' to compete in Perspective section of Berlinale 2025)

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