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Bisorjon

Bisorjon

Original Title : Bisorjon
English Title : Bisorjon
Language : Bengali
Country : India
Year : 2017
Runtime : 138 min
Director : Kaushik Ganguly Venue: City Pride Kothrud
Screen: Screen 4
Showtime: 16th Jan 2018, 1.00 p.m.

Festivals & Awards

National Film Awards | IFFI | Goa

Synopsis

Bangladeshi Hindu widow Padma who lives with her aged fragile father in law saves a Muslim man Naseer from West Bengal, who had drowned during Durga bishorjon in Ichamati river that separates the two Bengals. Padma takes care of Naseer and they plant his identity as her cousin brother to not attract suspicions as the border tensions are high and Naseer is an illegal intruder. The jamindar of Padma's village a middle aged Ganesh loves Padma and constantly tries to pursue her, and gets suspicious about Naseer. Padma and Naseer wonder how a river divided people from same ethnicity and there's so much differences in between them now be it dialect or lifestyles. Will their love cross the boundaries of nations? Can they feel secure in the society marred with hatred?

Director’s Biography

Kaushik Ganguly