The film caused immediate uproar in India, particularly within the culturally conservative circles of Kolkata.

Similarly, in Bachchan , her dance number “Aa Re Aa Re” became a visual spectacle, but it was a quiet scene afterward—where her character silently packs her belongings after being accused of infidelity—that remains the film’s acting highlight. Dam performs the entire sequence with her back partially to the camera, relying on the tension in her shoulders and the deliberate pace of her hands. It is a masterclass in physical acting.

Directed by Vimukthi Jayasundara (Palme d’Or winner for The Forsaken Land ), Chatrak (Mushroom) features Dam as a woman returning to a rapidly urbanizing Kolkata.