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The Kolkata Worldwide Movie Pageant held from November 6-13. Try extra particulars.
Acclaimed filmmaker Pradipta Bhattacharyya’s new Bengali movie Nadharer Bhela (The Sluggish Man and His Raft) has been chosen for the worldwide competitors part, Innovation in Transferring Photographs, on the thirty first Kolkata Worldwide Movie Pageant (KIFF). The competition will happen in Kolkata from November 6 to 13.
About Nadharer Bhela
Nadharer Bhela was beforehand screened on the Worldwide Movie Pageant Rotterdam (IFFR) in 2025. The movie chronicles Nadhar, a person deemed dysfunctional for his extraordinarily sluggish actions, turns into a part of a travelling circus, the place his situation turns into spectacle. It’s an expansive meditation on human nature, slowness and being profoundly out of step with the world.
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The three-hour movie is the only Indian entry within the class and can compete for the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger award alongside 14 different movies from all over the world, mentioned a KIFF official. Ritwick Chakraborty performs the function of a circus supervisor within the movie, whereas actor Amit Saha portrays the titular character, Nadhar. The movie was shot within the director’s native village in Tehatta, positioned in West Bengal’s Nadia district.
“Although I started pre-production a yr in the past, the movie was shot over simply 13 days. Nadharer Bhela dwells on the journey of a person who’s attempting onerous to match his tempo in a fast-paced society. If somebody needs to observe his personal tempo, he’s branded as a misfit in society. If somebody’s productiveness decreases resulting from superior age, he’s branded as a misfit on this world. My movie focuses on such a protagonist,” mentioned the director in a press release to PTI.
He added, “I’m joyful that audiences in my metropolis and worldwide delegates at KIFF will now get an opportunity to observe it. This choice is a recognition of the complete workforce’s onerous work in realising the idea.”
(through inputs from PTI)