The Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii) has given rise to a considerable number of terrific directors. Some of India’s greatest filmmakers such as Mani Kaul and Adoor Gopalakrishnan have come out of Ftii. The most credible representative of Indian arthouse cinema in the last decade, Amit Dutta, is also an Ftii product. Prantik Basu has had the same background, having studied film direction and screenplay writing at the institute. His short film “Sakhisona” (2016) won the Tiger Award for Short Film at the 2017 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Mogulmari is a typical village of Bengal. It has its own local folkloric stories, with belief in them fluctuating from person-to-person. A mound exists in the village and it is named after Sakhisona, a legendary figure of one of these folklores. However, the destiny of the village changes completely when archaeological experts dig through the mound to find...
Mogulmari is a typical village of Bengal. It has its own local folkloric stories, with belief in them fluctuating from person-to-person. A mound exists in the village and it is named after Sakhisona, a legendary figure of one of these folklores. However, the destiny of the village changes completely when archaeological experts dig through the mound to find...
- 3/30/2021
- by Raktim Nandi
- AsianMoviePulse
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