Starfish (2023 film)

Starfish follows an extraordinary diver who works in a dredging company but is haunted by incidents from her past. Tara Salgaonkar is an expert diver who works for Martin's dredging company. She is often seen getting affected by certain past events. These episodes seem to be in bits and pieces which traumatise her and Tara is on a mission to find answers of some unanswered questions. When she does meet her mother Sukanya's friend, Daksh Ajit Singh, she is shocked to learn something about her mom who had died by suicide. Will she be able to confront her enigmatic past and unearth truths that she is not ready to accept?

The song Kudiye Ni Tere remake of the 2011 Punjabi song Brown Rang by Yo Yo Honey Singh.

Samarth Goyal of Hindustan Times wrote,"Akhilesh Jaiswal's Starfish, an adaptation of Bina Nayak's acclaimed novel Starfish Pickle, attempts to explore the depths of human emotions but unfortunately, the cinematic voyage encounters turbulent waters due to a choppy narrative, impulsive editing, and a screenplay that feels lethargic at best."^[12] Vinamra Mathur of Firstpost gave the film 2.5 out of 5, writing, "Starfish is a mixed bag. The restrain in the storytelling has mostly been done to give the film a brooding mood, but it needed more moments of liveliness and spirit. It needed as much depth as the sea it shows, and as much spark as the name of the central character. But only for the beautiful and breathtaking locales and the severely underrated and underutilized Milind Soman, the film almost manages to sail through. Hallelujah it didn't drown."^[13]