| TITLE OF THE FILM | The Valley |
| DIRECTED BY | Tishya Chakraborty |
| LANGUAGE | Bengali, Hindi, Sadri (English subtitles) |
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COUNTRY | India |
| DURATION | 18 minutes |
| SPECIAL NOTE | World Premiere |
PRINCIPAL CREW & CAST
| WRITING | Tishya Chakraborty |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Tishya Chakraborty |
| EDITING | Tishya Chakraborty |
| LOCATION SOUND | Tishya Chakraborty |
| SOUND DESIGN | Tishya Chakraborty |
| MUSIC | Non copyright from YouTube, Songs performed by locals |
| PRINCIPAL CAST | Sujith Singh, Prakash Singh, Lachman Sai, Kishor Singh, Shiv Kumar Singh, Kalpana Llama, Sultan, Sitabati Singh, Manasa Singh. People of Nagrakata and neighboring Hills |
ABOUT THE FILM
This is an account of the plight of tea plantation workers in Dooars, North Bengal. It is made in the form of a travelogue that follows a guide through the winding hills to uncover personal accounts of local people in a space where, despite its natural beauty often feels like shackles around their ankles. Neither can they live nor can they leave for a better life somewhere else.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Tishya Chakraborty is a filmmaker, theatre artist and visual storyteller who thrives on blending cinema, stage and narrative design. He has worked across industries and has experience in editing, motion graphics, videography, and journalism. Chakraborty has a Bachelors in Mass Communication and Videography and is a student at National Institute of Design.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Growing up in a middle class Bengali nuclear family, visiting North Bengal and its numerous tea estates, spread across Dooars and Darjeeling were almost yearly occurrences. As a child, I barely understood the plight of plantation workers. It was not till my mother planned to move to Nagrakata post retirement and build a house there that I really got to know the tea plantations. The regular visits and close contact with the union there built my perspective and painted a completely different picture of the serenity of these valleys. I have tried to present that perspective-to show the hills the way I saw and experienced it-in the form of a documentary.
