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,
Independent film
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Bangla
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*''Bangla-'', a prefix indicating Bangladesh
*West Bengal, a state in eastern India, also kn ...
short story "Choli Ke Peeche" (Behind the Bodice) by
Mahasweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) ''
. The film was shot in
West Bengal
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in India with dialogues in
Bengali
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. The film was later dubbed into
Italian
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. At the 5th
Rome Film Festival
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where the cast of the film got a standing ovation at the film's screening.
The film won the Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the New Jersey Independent South Asian Film Festival. The film won the NETPAC Jury award at the 10th Third Eye Asian Film Festival 2011. The film won the top award named after Filipino director
Lino Brocka
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at the 13th Cinemanila International Film Festival in
Philippines
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.
Plot
Upin, a veteran photojournalist comes to
Purulia
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in
West Bengal
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to report on the violence against the poor tribal women in the impoverished region. There he comes across Gangor breast-feeding her child. He photographs her using one of the pictures for his news report. The picture triggers a backlash as she is shunned by the villagers. The policemen take her forcibly to the police station and gang rape her. In the meantime, Upin realizes his folly and haunted by the hushed-up violence travels back to Purulia to look for her. Gangor is no longer there and no one knows her whereabouts. Determined to find her Upin presses on his search and one night meets her, now a prostitute. Gangor asks him to photograph her again taking off her blouse to reveal how her body was mutilated by the policemen during the gang-rape. Upin runs away from her falling on the railway track and coming under the wheels of the train. As the incident comes to the attention media, Gangor’s case reaches court. On the day of the hearing of her case, a group of tribal women led by activist Medha take off their blouses on the court premises to mark their protest against police brutality.
Cast
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Priyanka Bose
Priyanka Bose (born 1982) is an Indian actress and model. Active on stage and in films, she is best known for her role in the Italian film '' Gangor,'' among others. Priyanka started her film career with small roles in '' Love Sex Aur Dhokha'', ...
as Gangor
*
Adil Hussain
Khandkar Mohammad Adil Hussain (; born 5 October 1963) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in several Indian independent and mainstream film productions, as well as international cinema, in films such as '' The Reluctant Fundamentali ...
as Upin
*
Samrat Chakrabarti
Samrat Chakrabarti is a British-American film actor and musician of Indian descent.
Career
Acting
Having acted all through school, Chakrabarti's feature film debut came in 2004 in Spike Lee's '' She Hate Me''. Early in his career, he starr ...
as Ujan
*
Tillotama Shome
Tillotama Shome (born 25 June 1979) is an Indian actress known primarily for her work in independent films. She began acting with a supporting role in Mira Nair's film ''Monsoon Wedding'' (2001). She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actr ...
as Medha
*
Seema Rahmani
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Early life
While her family background links to Pune, India, Seema was born and raised in Kuwait. Her ...
as Shital
*
Vikas Shrivastav
Vikas Shrivastav is an Indian actor who has appeared primarily in Hindi films.
Career
Vikas Shrivasatav was born in Bihar and grew up in Uttar Pradesh. He worked in theatre since he was young. He started his career as an actor with ''Gangaajal' ...