A Jinn walks into a sweet shop, and the owner offers him... amnesia?
Second anthological short from Pett Kata Shaw. Based on the folklore that Jinns are attracted to sweets and invade sweet shops at night. A Jinn appears to sweet shop named 'Mishti Kichu' and asks for sweets to its forgetful owner.
Direction
Nuhash Humayun turns a single location into claustrophobic folklore.
Acting
Chanchal Chowdhury's amnesiac shopkeeper—hilarious until it's horrifying.
Production
The Jinn design: uncanny, practical, and deeply rooted in Bangladeshi myth.
Director
Nuhash Humayun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pett Kata Shaw revives oral folklore rarely depicted in South Asian cinema—Jinns here aren't Western demons but capricious neighbors with specific dietary needs.
The title's double meaning: 'sweet' as comfort and 'something sweet' as the unspecific hunger that destroys Mahmud—notice how the Jinn never names his desired mishti.
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