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NAZARBAND
Fiction, 1hr 25min, Kolkata, India, 2020
CAST & CREW
Directed By: Suman Mukhopadhyay
Written By: Ashapurna Devi, Anustup Basu, Asad Hussain
Produced By: Pawan Kanodia
Cinematography: Kate McDonough
Editing: Tinni MItra
Sound: Bigyna Dahal
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
Winner: Best Feature Film (Audience award) at Florence River To River Indian Film Festival 2021
Busan Inetrnational Film Festival 2020
New York Indian Film Festival 2021
SYNOPSIS
Captive is a road movie about Vasanti, recently released from prison and on her way to find her family, and ex-con Chandu. The typical development of their relationship, from animosity to friendship to love, creates emotional reverberations as their struggles in the margins of society unfold. Vasanti is restless in a rural town despite meeting her son. The city, infested with violence and crimes, where Vasanti and Chandu continue their escape ultimately becomes the center of their lives. The selfpurification bath that the two perform in the sacred river before Vasanti goes to meet her son is touching. After the ritual bath, Chandu discards the phone he used to communicate with the gang as he attempts to face the new future.
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