Kedara
| Kedara | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Indraadip Dasgupta |
| Written by | Srijato Bandyopadhyay |
| Produced by | Samiran Das (Kaleidoscope) |
| Starring | Kaushik Ganguly Rudranil Ghosh Joydeep Kundu Moushumi Sanyal Dasgupta Indranil Roy |
| Cinematography | Subhankar Bhar |
| Edited by | Sujay Datta Ray |
| Music by | Arijit Singh Anirban Sengupta |
Production company | Kaleidoscope |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Kedara is a Bengali film directed by Indraadip Dasgupta which was released on 1 November 2019.[1] The film starring Kaushik Ganguly, Rudranil Ghosh in the lead roles.[2] Through this movie Indraadip Dasgupta made his debut as a film director. Arijit Singh and Anirban Sengupta worked as the music director for the movie.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Plot
The narrative is an exploration of ennui, stagnancy and transformation. It is a slice of life, caught between two eternities of darkness. Through the course of the story, the protagonist ventures into an uncharted landscape of desires and choices. The film is a eulogic tribute to a dying art form, ventriloquism. The story has been woven from bildungsroman, and old Calcutta memories.
The film narrates the story of a feeble man who lives in a decrepit ancestral house. He is alone without a kin or care and is separated from his wife, albeit undivorced. Scorned by the maid and neighbourhood ruffians, our docile protagonist whiles away his days by striking up fictitious dialogues with carefully chosen people from his past. To add credibility to his daily conversations, he mimics the voices of his imagined guests with remarkable accuracy. Narasingha is a ventriloquist. When the relevance of his art started to fade away, so did his livelihood. Resigned to life under the shadow of his memories, he breaks bread with a junk-dealer, Keshto. Through the course of the film Narasingha ‘s loneliness becomes a painted picture, replete with images and voices borrowed from the past. The story takes a turn when Keshto presents him with an armchair, something he had always coveted to possess. The wooden armchair acts as a catalyst and brings about a transformation in his personality. It restores his confidence and adds bravado to his essence. But this transformation comes at the cost of his sanity, leading to a series of misfortunes and unexpected turns.[16]
Cast
- Kaushik Ganguly [17] - Narasingha
- Rudranil Ghosh - Keshto
- Joydeep Kundu
- Moushumi Sanyal Dasgupta
- Indranil Roy
References
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