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The Storyteller: The Struggle Between Art and the Market – Kalpana Pandey Anant Mahadevan’s film The Storyteller (2025), based on Satyajit Ray’s short story Galpo Boliyé Tarini Khuro, centers on the clash between genuine labor and capitalism. The film follows two diametrically opposed personalities: Tarini Bandyopadhyay (Paresh Rawal), an elderly Bengali storyteller rooted in communist ideals, and Ratan Garodia (Adil Hussain), a wealthy Gujarati businessman plagued by insomnia. Their conflicting worlds expose how creativity is exploited in a profit-driven system. The film is not just entertainment—it raises profound questions: Who truly owns a story? Who deserves credit? And how does an artist resist the commodification of their craft? The Storyteller critiques the misuse of art and the exploitation of artists. Tarini, a jovial raconteur steeped in Bengal’s literary traditions, is hired by Ratan to narrate bedtime stories to cure his insomnia. What begins as a s...

The Storyteller: The Conflict between Art and the Market By Kalpana Pandey Based on Satyajit Ray’s short story "Golpo Boliye Tarini Khuro," Ananth Mahadevan’s film The Storyteller (2025) centers on the conflict between authentic labour and money. The film focuses on two very different characters: Tarini Bandyopadhyay (Paresh Rawal), an elderly Bengali storyteller with communist ideals, and Ratan Garodia (Adil Hussain), a wealthy Gujarati businessman who hasn’t been able to sleep for years as an insomniac. Their contrasting worlds show how a profit-driven system often exploits creative work. The film’s story isn’t just entertaining—it explores who really owns stories, who gets credit, and how the creator fights back against this exploitation. In The Storyteller, we see how art is misused in real life. Tarini, who has a deep passion for storytelling nurtured in the rich literary traditions of Bengal, is hired by Ratan Garodia, a rich cloth merchant from Ahmedabad suffering from...