A Death In The Gunj is a 2016 Indian English-language drama film written and directed by Konkona Sen Sharma.

[2][3] The film features an ensemble cast of Vikrant Massey, Tillotama Shome, Om Puri, Tanuja, Gulshan Devaiah, Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh and Ranvir Shorey.

[5][6][7] Principal photography began in February 2016 and was completed in March 2016 after a six-week shoot in McCluskieganj, Jharkhand.

[8] The film released on 2 June 2017 and received eight nominations at the 63rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film (Critics), Best Actor (Critics) for Massey, Best Supporting Actress for Tillotama Shome, and it won the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director for Konkona Sen Sharma.

In McCluskieganj, Bihar (now in Jharkhand) an old Anglo-Indian town in 1979, two men, Nandu and Brian, stare at a dead body inside the trunk of their car.

Shutu, the main character of the film, is shown to be extremely sensitive and gentle, which often makes him the target of the jokes and pranks played by his family and friends.

Feeling invisible, unwanted, and unloved, after a week of quiet unraveling, Shutu forcefully takes the rifle from O.P.

The story, according to him, is inspired by true events which took place in McCluskieganj, where he and his then wife, director Aparna Sen, had bought a house.

A Death in the Gunj was launched by Gulzar and Vishal Bhardwaj at a press conference on 13 January 2016.

With a limited theatrical release, the film earned around ₹10 million during its entire run at the box-office.

"[22] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV said that A Death in the Gunj is "a sensitive, profoundly moving portrait of an angst-ridden young man derailed by a world bereft of empathy."

"[23] Rajeev Masand gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 and said that, "A Death in the Gunj benefits from Konkona Sen Sharma's perceptive, assured direction.

"[24] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 saying that, "Konkona Sensharma's assured directorial debut, unpacks a complex sentiment with feeling, and gives us a layered film with memorable characters about the games people play, and how, sometimes, that can have terrible consequences.

"[26] Namrata Joshi of The Hindu said that, "Konkona Sen Sharma's debut is a marvellously measured film, where each element of filmmaking is staggeringly synchronous with the other.

"[27] Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter said that "A Death in the Gunj is an assured debut feature that leaves a haunting air of melancholy in its wake.