Former) is a 2016 Indian Bengali Romantic film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee and starring Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta.

Praktan (former) is about Ujaan Mukherjee (Prosenjit Chatterjee) and Sudipa (Rituparna Sengupta), who have moved on in life after a common love for heritage and culture had seen the conservation architect from Mumbai, Sudipa, fall in love with Ujaan, a tour guide and an explorer, as he liked to call himself.

During a train journey, Sudipa finds herself in a spot where she realizes that Malini and Putul are none other than Ujaan's present wife and daughter.

Over the 30-odd hours of the train journey, we come across not just a way of knowing how all these passengers spend their time, but also get an insight into the failed marriage of Ujaan and Sudipa.

A non-linear approach in a subtle manner is used to shift the focus on and off from the train journey to the relationship between the two individuals, who started off being madly in love, only to see their marriage crumbling in front of their own eyes.

Beginning with a sense of apprehension and even disgust in a way, it's wonderful to see Sudipa gradually opening up to Malini and acknowledging how wrong she was in her assumption about her.

It's wonderful to see how well-etched Malini's character is and she is the one who, in a way, helps bring closure in the lives of both Ujaan and Sudipa.

The music for Praktan is composed by Anupam Roy and Anindya Chatterjee and the lyrics have been penned by them as well.