Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish

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Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish is a 2012 Bengali film by Rituparno Ghosh that reimagines Tagore’s dance drama to explore gender identity, desire, and self-acceptance.

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instanceOf Bengali-language film
film
awardCountry India
awardReceived National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues
basedOn Chitrangada (dance drama)
basedOnWorkBy Rabindranath Tagore
cinematographyBy Abhik Mukhopadhyay
countryOfOrigin India
director Rituparno Ghosh
editedBy Arghyakamal Mitra
explores gender reassignment
non-heteronormative relationships
transgender experiences
filmIndustry Tollywood (Bengali cinema)
linked to: Tollywood
genre LGBT-related film
drama film
musical drama film
hasTaglineOrMotto “Be what you wish to be.”
mainTheme desire
gender identity
self-acceptance
musicBy Debajyoti Mishra
linked to: Debojyoti Mishra
narrativeFocus a choreographer staging Tagore’s Chitrangada
notableFor queer representation in Indian cinema
reinterpretation of Tagore’s Chitrangada
originalLanguage Bengali
partOfFilmographyOf Rituparno Ghosh
productionCompany Shree Venkatesh Films
releaseDecade 2010s
releaseYear 2012
screenplayBy Rituparno Ghosh
setIn Kolkata
linked to: Calcutta
starred Anasua Majumdar
Anjan Dutt
Deepti Naval
Jisshu Sengupta
Raima Sen
Rituparno Ghosh
writer Rituparno Ghosh

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Rituparno Ghosh notableWork Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish
Rituparno Ghosh directed Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish
Rituparno Ghosh actedIn Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish
Jisshu Sengupta notableWork Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish