Tinctoria(2025)

Storyline

A fashion designer prepares her latest line in her family's old indigo factory. The ghosts of workers who died there a hundred years ago appear to confront her.

“Past and present clash in a haunted factory.”

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Cast & Crew

Trivia

• The film's title 'Tinctoria' refers to the Latin name for the indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria.
• Director Amrita Bagchi spent months researching the 19th-century indigo plantation rebellions in Bengal for the story.
• The haunted factory set was built inside a real, abandoned warehouse in Kolkata.
• The costume designer used only natural dyes, including real indigo, for the fashion collection shown in the film.
• This was the first major Hindi film role for stage actress Priya Mehta, who plays the lead fashion designer.
• Sound designers recorded in historical indigo factories to create authentic echoes for the ghost scenes.
• The film's score incorporates a 100-year-old folk song sung by indigo workers, as recalled by local elders.