Karmachakra

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Karmachakra
Karmachakra (Anime) Poster, Feb 2021.jpeg
Karmachakra poster
Directed byRajorshi Basu
Written byRajorshi Basu
Produced byRajorshi Basu
Production
company
Durga Studio
Running time
90 minutes
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Bengali
  • Hindi

Karmachakra (transl.Wheel of Fate) also known as Karmachakra: Episode Zero is an anime-influenced original mystery drama Indian animated film produced by Studio Durga. Billed as the first independent Indian anime production, [1] the project was first announced in 2017. [2] Production was completed in 2020. Karmachakra: Episode Zero is planned to be the first of a series of three Karmachakra films. [3] [4]

Contents

A 20-minute pilot was released on YouTube in February 2020. [5]

Premise

Set in urban Indian state West Bengal's capital city of Kolkata, an orphaned girl Ganga is embodied into finding her parents, her roots while coping up with her present situations. What starts out as a search for past begins digging up more sinister fragments of mysticism, psychology and cryptography. Battling the unanswered questions, Ganga is sworn to find the truth of her ordeal and events leading to her mystery, which might also reveal several webs of connections en route.

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