Puratawn will begin streaming worldwide on hoichoi on September 4, 2026. The Bengali family drama arrives online more than a year after its Indian theatrical release, bringing Sharmila Tagore’s widely praised return to Bengali cinema to viewers at home.
What the September 4 premiere confirms
hoichoi’s date announcement calls this a worldwide premiere, so the September 4 launch is not framed as an India-only release. That matters for a Bengali film whose journey has already taken it through international festival screenings before its cinema run.
The platform has not publicly specified an exact start time, subtitle list or country-by-country catalogue exceptions in the announcement. The safe plan is to check the hoichoi app or title page on September 4 rather than assuming a midnight release in every time zone.
From festivals and theatres to hoichoi
Puratawn, also presented internationally as The Ancient, had its India premiere at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival in October 2024. It then opened in Indian cinemas on April 11, 2025. The September 2026 streaming date therefore marks a long-delayed digital window rather than a simultaneous theatrical and OTT launch.
That gap has kept the film difficult to access outside festival and theatrical screenings. The hoichoi premiere changes the practical answer: viewers no longer need to wait for a special screening, and the platform’s worldwide wording broadens the film’s reach beyond its original cinema circuit.
Why Puratawn is worth finding on streaming
Suman Ghosh’s drama begins with an 80th birthday and turns it into a confrontation with memory, age and the stories families tell themselves. Rituparna Sengupta plays Ritika, who returns to her ancestral home with Rajeev, played by Indraneil Sengupta, and discovers that her mother is experiencing cognitive decline.
The film’s centre is Sharmila Tagore as Mrs Sen. It was her first Bengali film in well over a decade, but the comeback is not treated as a decorative event. Her character’s fading grip on the present drives the emotional movement between mother and daughter, while the old house becomes a space where personal history keeps resurfacing.
This is a quiet, reflective family drama rather than a twist-led thriller. It should suit viewers looking for performance-led Bengali cinema, a mother-daughter story and a film willing to sit with the uneasy overlap between remembrance and loss.
For the actor and character relationships, see our Puratawn cast guide.
The shortest answer
Watch Puratawn on hoichoi from September 4, 2026. The platform has announced a worldwide premiere, while the exact launch time and detailed subtitle availability remain to be listed.