Kayantar (Metamorphosis) || Rajdeep Paul || Sarmistha Maiti || Anjan Bose || Short Film скачать в хорошем качестве

Kayantar (Metamorphosis) || Rajdeep Paul || Sarmistha Maiti || Anjan Bose || Short Film

Synopsis Aasia belongs to a clan of Bahurupis – indigenous street cosplay performers - who dress up as Hindu deities despite being Muslims by birth. She wants to adopt her father Ali’s art of metamorphosing into Kali, the black Goddess of Time, Power and Liberation, but being a woman she is not allowed to take up the conventionally male profession. Instead, the now decrepit Ali, forces the traditional family profession onto his son Aslam who detests it fearing ridicule, persecution and for its waning popularity. Despite poverty and hardship the small family lives freely in the fringes of the village society in the lap of nature influenced by the religious syncretism of the Baul-Fakir mystics, tolerated by both Hindus and Muslims. But a sudden surge of religious fundamentalism is raising a storm in the society that will transform their lives forever. Kayantar (Metamorphosis) opens to the global audience a window into the unique lifestyle and vibrant culture of traditional cosplay artists called Bahurupis who earn their livelihood through street performance where people cosplay as Hindu deities even if they belong to other religious communities like Islam. Set in the backdrop of the lush green tapestry of rural Bengal, the film breaks away from stereotypical representations of particular communities and explores the undefined zone in which real human beings exist beyond the rigid definitions of communal and ethnic identities. While narrating a story rooted in its milieu, the film reflects themes of universal concern and takes an insightful look into the evils of gender binaries, religious fundamentalism and communal disharmony plaguing human society at large and is an earnest cinematic appeal to look beyond such myopic glasses of discrimination and celebrate the beauty of life itself and what it is to exist simply as human beings. Festivals/ Awards/ Acclaims: Festivals/ Awards/ Acclaims: Kayantar (Metamorphosis) has been travelling worldwide in several film festivals since mid-2019 and the journey of appreciation, applauds and awards persistently continue till date. BEST SHORT FILM AWARD at the 19th Imagineindia International Film Festival 2020, Madrid, Spain to be held physically in theatrical venue at Madrid in the new normal pandemic situation from 24th September 2020 - 8th October 2020. It was showcased on 9th and10th August in the IFFSA Toronto Virtual 2020, Canada - the largest South Asian Film Festival of North America. Kayantar has been selected in the INPUT 2020, Potsdam, Berlin, Germany. It is among the 16 films from across the globe to be showcased in the Silvereye International Film Festival 2020, New Jersey, North America presented by Creativemind Mirror on IMDC theatre virtually from September 18-20, 2020 virtually on the IMDC Silverscreen. Kayantar won the prestigious award as the BEST FILM ON SOCIAL CHALLENGES in the 7th Woodpecker International Film Festival 2019, New Delhi. Kayantar won the prestigious SPECIAL JURY MENTION AWARD at the 17th Kalpanirjhar International Short Fiction Film Festival 2019. The World Premiere of Kayantar was held at 10th Chicago South Asian Film Festival 2019 It was officially selected in the 14th Tasveer South Asian Film Festival 2019 in Seattle, USA and 4th Mustard Seed Film Festival, Philadelphia, USA. The Indian Premiere was held in the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival 2019 on 13th November in Kolkata followed by New York South Asian Film Festival 2019. Kayantar was a part of the 19th Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh 2021 Kayantar was also screened on Feb 8th at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, USA and a part of February Love theme programme at the reopening of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA. Cast Modhurima Tarafdar, Subhankar Mohanta, Janardan Ghosh Crew Produced by : Anjan Bose (Aurora Film Corporation) Story, Script & Direction: Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti Camera: Rana Pratap Karforma Production Design & Edit: Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti CC & VFX: Koushik Ray & Team (Razoredge Studio) Sound Design & Film Mix : Adeep Singh Manki, Anindit Roy Music: Avijit Kundu Art Direction: Sujit Mandal Costume: Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti Hair & Make up: Bijoy Mukherjee Kali's Make-up: Sujit Mandal Production Manager: Firoz SK #gender #women #religion #faith #communalharmony #secular #folk #folkmusic #village #countryside #siblings #universalbrotherhood #legacy #bahurupi #cosplayer #basking #socialissues #hindu #muslim #fundamentalism #folkart #fakir #baul #lalanfakir #shortfilm #indianshortfilm #bengalifilm