The Storyteller (2022) is a Hindi-language drama directed by Ananth Mahadevan, based on Satyajit Ray's short story Golpo Boliye Tarini Khuro. The film stars Paresh Rawal as Tarini Bandyopadhyay, a retired Bengali storyteller, and Adil Hussain as Ratan Garodia, a wealthy Gujarati businessman. It premiered at the 27th Busan International Film Festival in October 2022 and was released on Disney+ Hotstar on January 28, 2025 .
Tarini Bandyopadhyay, a 60-something Bengali man with a passion for storytelling, has held 73 jobs and dislikes capitalism. He accepts a job in Ahmedabad as a personal storyteller for Ratan Garodia, a wealthy businessman suffering from insomnia. Tarini crafts spontaneous, amusing stories each night to help Ratan sleep. Unbeknownst to Tarini, Ratan publishes these stories under the pen name "Gorkhe," gaining recognition and rekindling a past romance with a widow who values literary talent. Tarini discovers the theft when he sees a magazine with his stories published under the pseudonym but continues to work for Ratan. Eventually, authorities reveal that Ratan has been copying Tagore's work, leading to a lawsuit. Tarini had tricked Ratan by narrating Tagore's stories, which Ratan mistook for Tarini's original work due to his lack of literary knowledge. The film concludes with both men discovering their true selves through writing.
- IMDB Rating - 6.9/10
- Director - Ananth Mahadevan
- Writers - Kireet Khurana, Ananth Mahadevan, Satyajit Ray
- Stars - Paresh Rawal, Adil Hussain, Revathi
