Dhaval Roy of The Times of India also gave it 3 stars out of 5 and said, "The film brims with wit, the charming yet somnolent vibes of Kolkata and Ahmedabad, and strong performances.Read at source
The Storyteller 2025 
Synopsis
The Storyteller
The Storyteller is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Ananth Mahadevan and written by filmmaker Kireet Khurana. Produced under Jio Studios A Purpose Entertainment, and Quest Films. It is based on Satyajit Ray's short story "Golpo Boliye Tarini Khuro" the film stars Paresh Rawal and Adil Hussain. The film premiered at the 27th Busan International Film Festival in October 2022 and was released on 28 January 2025 on Disney+ Hotstar.
- Director
- Anant Mahadevan
- Release
- 28 Jan 2025
- Studio
- Jio Studios, Disney+Hotstar
- Run time
- 116 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
5 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Mixed
Critics' aggregate for The Storyteller is 63/100 from 4 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 6 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Positive 5
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated 3/5 stars and said that "Rawal and Hussain bring great solidity to the table, and not that there is nothing else in The Storyteller to pique our interest.Read at source
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 3 stars out of 5 and said that "Even though the casting of the Gujju-in-real-life Paresh Rawal as the intellectual Bengali, and Adil Hussain as the sheep-counting-to-no-avail businessman, feels counter-intuitive, the actors are consummate enough to carry it off."Read at source
Troy Ribeiro of The Free Press Journal said that "The film is an earnest, well-intentioned homage to Ray, storytelling, and the art of listening.Read at source
Vineeta Kumar of India Today rated 3.5/5 stars and said, "The Storyteller is what quality storytelling looks like, in the glory of its quaintness and innocence.Read at source
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 28 Jan 2025
- Run time
- 116 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Anant Mahadevan
- Studio
- Jio Studios, Disney+Hotstar
- Distributor
- Disney+ Hotstar
Trivia
- The film stars Paresh Rawal and Adil Hussain in the lead roles of Tarini Bandyopadhyay and Ratan Garodia respectively.
- The movie was produced under the banners of Jio Studios A Purpose Entertainment and Quest Films.
- It is based on Satyajit Ray's short story titled 'Golpo Boliye Tarini Khuro'.
- The film premiered at the 27th Busan International Film Festival in October 2022 before its digital release.
- The film was released on Disney+ Hotstar on 28 January 2025.
- Revathi and Tannishtha Chatterjee play the supporting roles of Saraswati and Suzie Fibert respectively.
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