The Call(2025)

Storyline

A man wakes up and finds a dead body in his room. Things get stranger as his reality starts to twist, and a mysterious phone call drags him into a confusing psychological nightmare where nothing can be trusted.

“The nightmare begins with a ring.”

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Cast & Crew

Trivia

• The film's director, Rabindra Choudhary, is a former assistant to acclaimed filmmaker Anurag Kashyap.
• The entire movie was shot in a single, specially constructed apartment set to maintain a claustrophobic feel.
• The lead actor reportedly underwent a week of sensory deprivation exercises to prepare for his disoriented character.
• The unsettling phone ringtone in the film is a slowed-down and reversed recording of a traditional Nepali folk instrument.
• A key plot twist was inspired by a classic short story from Bengali literature, though the film never directly names it.
• The movie's tight 30-day shooting schedule was planned to match the story's timeline of events.
• Early test screenings used different color palettes for the 'real' and 'nightmare' sequences before settling on a more subtle shift.