Drama · India · 2026 · 1h 30m

The Calf Doll

खाल बछड़ा

The Calf Doll poster
Director
Ankur Hooda
Cast
Mst. Satbir Singh Hooda as Mst. Satbir Singh Hooda Chameli Devi as Wife Dheeraj Kumar as Dabbu Mukesh Bhati as Veterinary Doctor Tau Leelu Raam as Woodcutter Dogs of Village Dayalpur as Farm Dogs
Crew
Anish Sarai — Director of Photography Ankur Hooda — Editor Ankur Hooda — Writer Ankur Hooda — Producer Achal Mishra — Production Design
Synopsis

In a smog-choked village in Haryana, a retired professor turns to an outlawed ritual, crafting a calf doll from a stillborn's body, to save his cow from the urbanization slowly erasing his rural world.

Mood & Themes
village lifeindustrialisationindustrializationrural depopulationcowrural indiaarthousefilmexistential dramadocu-fictionthe last cowfirst cowharyana
Key Collaborators
Ankur Hooda Director Anish Sarai Director of Photography Ankur Hooda Editor Ankur Hooda Writer Ankur Hooda Producer Achal Mishra Production Design
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