12 - Bengali Movie Goynar Baksho 2013
An independent woman who eventually gives the box away to support freedom fighters during the war. Performances Goynar Baksho (2013)
is fiercely possessive of her secret jewellery box. After her death, her ghost returns to guard the treasure from her greedy male relatives. The Second Generation (Somalata): Pishima’s ghost entrusts the box to her niece-in-law, Bengali Movie Goynar Baksho 2013 12
The film opens with Somlata (Konkona Sen Sharma), a newlywed bride in a traditional, crumbling aristocratic household in contemporary Bengal. She is the conscientious wife of the younger son, trying to navigate the stifling atmosphere created by her thieving, miserly brother-in-law, Chinmoy (Saswata Chatterjee). The arrival of a mysterious old trunk—the goynar baksho —changes everything. Inside, Somlata finds not just jewelry but the restless ghost of its original owner, Pishima (Moushumi Chatterjee), the eccentric, foul-mouthed widow of the family’s long-dead patriarch. An independent woman who eventually gives the box
The twist? Ratna dies early in the film but returns as a (or "pret-atma") who only Somlata can see. Together, the living woman and the dead old woman navigate the complexities of selling the jewelry to secure the family’s future. Inside, Somlata finds not just jewelry but the