Chandrabati Kotha

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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. [1]

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The film premiered at the 2019 Kolkata International Film Festival. [1] [2] This movie was selected for the international category for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. [3] [4]

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. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "'Chandrabati Kotha', film on Bengal's first feminist poet". The Times of India. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "'Chandrabati Kotha' goes to 25th Kolkata International Film Festival - Art & Culture". The Daily Observer. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "'Chandrabati Kotha' selected for Asia Pacific Screen Awards". The Asian Age (Press release). Bangladesh. 17 May 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "'Chandrabati Kotha' selected for Asia Pacific Screen Awards". The Business Standard (Press release). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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