Mourning around a family table
The film brings three women together on a patriarch’s death anniversary, using the gathering to explore grief, family tensions and concealed desire.
Scripted film / 2024 / 14'
Sweet Tooth (Mishti Mukh)
Completed · Festival circuit
Keep Rolling Studios
A Keep Rolling Studios film written and directed by Melanie Cura Daball, produced by Subhajit Prasad. Souvid “JIJO” Datta is credited as director of photography and executive producer.
Three women mark a family patriarch’s death anniversary in Kolkata. Their different ways of mourning bring old tensions and concealed desires to the surface in a family drama with dark humour and a queer twist. Also known as Mishti Mukh. Currently on the festival circuit.
A specific creative contribution
Melanie Cura Daball wrote and directed the film. Souvid’s credited work is cinematography and executive production; the film is produced by Subhajit Prasad for Keep Rolling Studios.
From the film.
Frames & making
Credits.
- Director & Writer
- Melanie Cura Daball
- Producer
- Subhajit Prasad
- Director of Photography & Executive Producer
- Souvid JIJO Datta
- Editor
- Cinewacky Studios
- Sound Design & Sync
- Sourav Gupta
- Production Company
- Keep Rolling Studios
