Truly there's nothing called truth), also known by the initialism SBSKN, is a 2025 Indian Bengali-language legal thriller film written and directed by Srijit Mukherji.
[5] The film follows the titular twelve members of a jury as they deliberate a supposedly clear-cut murder trial and details the tension among them when one juror argues that the defendant might not be guilty.
[7][8] People battle their inner demons in this gripping melting pot of memories in mind, where justice, morality and humanity clash in an electrifying showdown full of unpredictable twists and turns.
Srijit Mukherji was actively involved with the English professional theatre circuit in Delhi and Bengaluru besides working as an economist and statistician.
[9] Thus in 2006, Srijit Mukherji had adapted Twelve Angry Men, naming as Mindgame,[10] which was also directed by himself at Alliance Française De Bangalore the same year.
Anjan Dutt approached for the role which he was to portray in Dozen, but he had to decline it as he thought that his real age might mismatch with the character.
[29][30] Ananya Chatterjee[31][32] and Sauraseni Maitra[33] joined the cast in January 2024, replacing Roopa Ganguly and Swastika Mukherjee respectively from Dozen.
[34] On the other hand, Satyam Bhattacharya and Riddhi Sen were revealed to play another pivotal roles,[35] both of whom got replaced by Suhotra Mukherjee and Arjun Chakrabarty respectively due to unknown reasons.
[47][48] On the first day of shooting, veteran actor Phalguni Chatterjee met with an accident during the shot of an action sequence with shattering glass.
[66][67] The teaser of the film was released on 23 December 2024,[68][69] which had a controversial response because of using the theme music of Lentovych's 1916 composition Shchedyrk, while it was revealed to be official.
[70][71] The trailer of the film was launched at an event at Kolkata Town Hall on 13 January 2025,[72][73] where the cast members and Mukherji were spotted dressed in striking black-and-white attire.
[76] Sudeep Ghosh of Anandabazar Patrika rated the film 8.5 out of 10 stars and wrote "Srijit Mukherji deserves special praise for moulding the screenplay in a modern set piece.
The dream angle added by Srijit takes the film out of the monotony of the four walls and sets the discussion in various locations, which makes opportunity for a brilliant camera work."
The suppressed tension in the jury is aptly carried throughout the film by the seasoned acting of the 12 actors, the cinematography by Halder and the accompanying song by Rapurna.
He praised the dialogues with their wordplay and puns, Bhowmik’s precise yet stylised editing, intense yet funny conflicts and arguments between the different characters and also termed it as a "rare multi-starrer where each cast member gets almost equal prominence and ample moments to shine.
He noted "The exchanges between the characters are taut, filled with tension and layered with thoughtful reflections, and the focus shifts from the accused to the decision-making process that is as flawed as the social systems that this motley bunch of people are a part of."