The Jengaburu Curse (2023) S01 [Bangla-Hindi]

Against the backdrop of bauxite mining, The Jengaburu Curse unexplained deaths and displaced tribals, a financial analyst uncovers a dark international conspiracy around nuclear power, endangering her life and the country’s future. ‘The Jengaburu Curse’ is India’s first cli-fi (climate fiction) web series delving into the exploitation of natural resources for human greed. The mystery thriller stars Faria Abdullah, Nassar, Sudev Nair, Makarand Deshpande, Deipak Sampat and Indraneel Bhattacharya.

In an exclusive interview with National Award winning filmmaker, Nila Madhab Panda on The Jengaburu Curse and why he calls it India’s first cli-fi series. The show stars Nasser and Faria Abdullah. Known for doing meaningful films, Panda explains why it was important to do a cli-fi series. The first story he cracked was on way back in 2005 when he saw two villages submerged under the sea called Sadhbaya. The Sony LIV show, The Jengaburu Curse stars Nasser, Makrand Deshpande and Faria Abdullah. Set in a small town in Odisha, the show follows the story of London-based financial analyst, Priya Das. When her father, Professor Das, goes suspiciously missing, Priya is forced to come back to Odisha. As she starts to search for him, a series of strange events ensue that unravel an unlikely connection between the indigenous Bondia tribe and the mining state of Odisha. The Jengaburu Curse, which marks Nila Madhab’s OTT debut, delves into the repercussions of mankind’s never-ending needs on nature. It’s a simple thing; I come from a rural background and humble village where the ecosystem was perfect. In the last three decades, I became a globetrotter and you realize that everything has developed but you realize that you have done so much damage to yourself since the environment is changing. We have made films on the Mumbai underworld and Independence but we The Jengaburu Curse missed out telling stories on something that’s happening to us every day, it’s time to bring these stories out. Fiction comes out of reality. My fiction is based on a lot of truth.