‘The Undying’ – Bengali Gothic Horror Sees Widow Come Back from the Dead

Bengali-language gothic horror, The Undying, from AK Studios sees a widow come back from the dead. Deadline has announced that California Pictures has boarded worldwide sales on the film and will present it to buyers at AFM. The Undying is set in 19th-century rural Bengal and follows Kadambini, a young widow who is pronounced dead…

Caroline C Ryan

November 11, 2026

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Bengali-language gothic horror, The Undying, from AK Studios sees a widow come back from the dead.

Deadline has announced that California Pictures has boarded worldwide sales on the film and will present it to buyers at AFM.

The Undying is set in 19th-century rural Bengal and follows Kadambini, a young widow who is pronounced dead and laid out for cremation, only to wake and return to her village where everyone refuses to believe she is alive.

The Undying is written, directed and edited by Samman Roy (The Exile) and is adapted from a short story by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

Sree Bhattacharyya and Arpita De star.

The film is produced by Awadhesh Kumar, founder of AK Studios and former Global Head of Distribution at India’s National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).

Mona Singh, Sumitra Kumari and Nina Kim serve as co-producers, with Steven Istock, Isaac Bess and Laura Cunningham as executive producers.