The Last Tenant (2000), a long-lost 43-minute supernatural drama featuring Irrfan Khan and Vidya Balan, was released on YouTube in April 2026. It follows a broken musician (Khan) seeking solace in an abandoned house, featuring themes of intense longing and quiet longing. Sarthak Dasgupta directorial was released on
The Salt Inc’s YouTube page.
A poignant 25-year-old lost, found indie drama where Irrfan Khan gives a quiet, intimate performance about memory and loss”.
Released as a tribute on the sixth death anniversary of Irrfan Khan (April 29, 2026) by The Salt Inc.
A musician, before migrating, stays in a haunted house where a music-loving ghost lives, causing him to grapple with grief. Features a young Irrfan Khan alongside a young Vidya Balan.
Critics described it as “slow intensity” with “expressive eyes” and “poignant” music, showcasing a “gentle, delicate weight of distress
The film was thought to be lost until a VHS copy was found by director Sarthak Dasgupta.This quiet drama has been lauded for its “strange engagement with silence” and acts as a rare early look at the collaborative chemistry between Irrfan and Vidya Balan.
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