Director Raj Chakraborty is upbeat that his upcoming Bengali film 바카라˜Dharmajuddha바카라™ (Holy War), which deals with the dangers of communal violence, will strike a chord with the audience and drive home the message of harmony.
Director Raj Chakraborty is upbeat that his upcoming Bengali film 바카라˜Dharmajuddha바카라™ (Holy War), which deals with the dangers of communal violence, will strike a chord with the audience and drive home the message of harmony.
Director Raj Chakraborty is upbeat that his upcoming Bengali film 바카라˜Dharmajuddha바카라™ (Holy War), which deals with the dangers of communal violence, will strike a chord with the audience and drive home the message of harmony.
Chakraborty said the film was ready for release in March 2020, but the the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns delayed its screening. It will now release on Thursday.
"I think 바카라˜Dharmajuddha바카라™ is equally relevant today and I was happy to see the response during its screening at the recent Kolkata International Film Festival, where people gave it a standing ovation. We also paid tribute to one of the pivotal characters Swatilekha Sengupta, who is no more with us,바카라 he said.
The director said the film does not directly refer to any particular incident of communal violence, but religious strife is a 바카라œsad reality in this country and elsewhere in the world바카라 and ordinary citizens are the most affected.
바카라œThrough the film, I have tried to portray that communalism can pollute and brainwash the minds of poor people. And, this is the ploy of fundamentalist elements of any religion while trying to indoctrinate people. As a creative person, I want to convey this message through my favourite medium of cinema,바카라 said Chakraborty, who is also the Trinamool Congress MLA from Barrackpore.
Chakraborty said the film is also a tribute to Sengupta, the actor in Satyajit Ray's classic 바카라˜Ghare Baire바카라™ among others, who enacts the role of an elderly woman in 바카라˜Dharmajuddha바카라™.
"We missed her during the screening at KIFF... Her void will always be felt,바카라 he said.
Besides Sengupta, the film stars Subhashree Ganguly, Ritwick Chakraborty, Soham Chakraborty and Parno Mittra.Â