Chandrabati Kotha is a 2019 Bengali biographical drama film directed by N. Rashed Chowdhury. The movie is based on the life of Chandravati, first feminist poet of Bengal.
The film premiered at the 2019 Kolkata International Film Festival. This movie was selected for the international category for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Plot
The story revolves around the elegiac life of Chandrabati, 16th century woman poet of Bengali language. She is best known for her women-centered epic Ramayana. Her father Dijabangshi Das was also a poet. Chandrabati falls in love with another poet, Jayananda but he leaves her for another woman. Heartbroken Chandrabati confines herself inside a Shiva temple and starts rewriting the Ramayana.
Cast
- Dilruba Hossain Doyel as Chandrabati
- Imtiaz Barshon as Jayananda
- Tanay Biswas as Ashok
- Balaram Das as Guru
- Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed as Sonai
- Jayanta Chattopadhyay as Dwijabangshi Das
- Gazi Rakayet as Dewan
- Mita Rahman as Sulochona
References
- ^ "'Chandrabati Kotha', film on Bengal's first feminist poet". The Times of India. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- "'Chandrabati Kotha' goes to 25th Kolkata International Film Festival - Art & Culture". The Daily Observer. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- "'Chandrabati Kotha' selected for Asia Pacific Screen Awards". The Asian Age (Press release). Bangladesh. 2020-05-17. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- "'Chandrabati Kotha' selected for Asia Pacific Screen Awards". The Business Standard (Press release). 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-06-05.