Mushrooms Movie Review
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The story
In a forest, near a border, a young Bengali and a European soldier attempt to get the better of one another. In Calcutta, Rahul, an architect who had gone off to build a career in Dubai, begins a huge construction site. He is reunited with his girlfriend, Paoli, who has long awaited his homecoming, living alone far from her family. Both set out to find Rahul’s brother, who is said to have gone mad and who lives in the forest and sleeps in the trees.
Directed by Vimukthi Jayasundara. Starring Paoli Dam, Tómas Lemarquis, Sudipto Mukherjee, Sumeet Thakur, Anubrata Basu.
Mushrooms movie review: what critics say (1)
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2.0/5
Boyd van Hoeij · Variety · 19 Oct 2026
“Visually striking but slow-burning and hard to read: a Sri Lankan director’s first Bengali-language film follows an architect searching for his lost sibling against the Kolkata building boom. Variety finds the pictures pretty rather than mesmerising and the…”
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The verdict in short
What critics say
Only one critic has reviewed it so far: Boyd van Hoeij gives it 2.0/5. A consensus needs at least two scored reviews.
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Cast and crew
Paoli Dam
Tómas Lemarquis
Sumeet Thakur
Anubrata Basu
- Director
- Vimukthi Jayasundara
- Writer
- Shawon Babu
- Cinematographer
- Channa Deshapriya
What else the data says
- Lead actorPaoli Dam's other 9 scored films here average 3.2 out of 5.
Questions about Mushrooms
Is Mushrooms worth watching?
Mushrooms has one scored review so far: 2.0 out of 5. The full BMR score appears once 2 scored reviews have been collected.
What do critics say about Mushrooms?
1 collected reviews give published critic ratings, ranging from 2.0 to 2.0 out of 5. Follow the original review links above for each critic's reasoning.
Is Mushrooms a hit or a flop?
BMR does not yet have enough verified collection and budget data to give Mushrooms a box office verdict.
What is the box office collection of Mushrooms?
BMR has not yet verified an India net collection figure for Mushrooms. This is a gap in our records, not a claim that no figures have been published. The collection page shows the source and any available day-wise breakdown.
When did Mushrooms release?
Mushrooms released in cinemas on 16 May 2011.
Who is in the cast of Mushrooms?
The cast of Mushrooms includes Paoli Dam, Tómas Lemarquis, Sudipto Mukherjee, Sumeet Thakur, Anubrata Basu.
Who directed Mushrooms? Who wrote it?
Mushrooms is directed by Vimukthi Jayasundara. It is written by Shawon Babu.
Where can I watch Mushrooms online? Is Mushrooms on OTT?
Mushrooms released in cinemas on 16 May 2011. BMR has not yet verified its current streaming availability. A missing listing here does not mean an OTT release has not happened.
What is Mushrooms about?
In a forest, near a border, a young Bengali and a European soldier attempt to get the better of one another. In Calcutta, Rahul, an architect who had gone off to build a career in Dubai, begins a huge construction site. He is reunited with...
How long is Mushrooms? What is the runtime?
Mushrooms is listed at 1h 30m.