''Sohra Bridge'' is a

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directed by late Bappaditya Bandopadhyay starring

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and

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in primary roles. Memories, imagination and reality come together in the journey of a young girl looking for her estranged father. The unexplored, beautiful and politically volatile North East of India provides the backdrop. This was Bappaditya's last film and was released posthumously in February 2016. The dialogue of the film is in English,

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, Assamese and Khasi.

Plot

Sohra Bridge tells the story of a daughter who embarks on a journey across the remote expanses of North-East India, looking for her father. She finds herself drawn towards a complex labyrinth of memory and imagination. The film conjures up a magical reality where real gives way to the surreal, bloodshed to poetry, memory to the imaginary and vice versa.

Cast

as Ria's father *

as Ria *

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* Pratik Sen as Asish * Moumita Mitra * Paul Phukan * Merlvin J Mukhim * Raj Banerjee

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 5524888 2016 films 2016 multilingual films Films set in Assam Indian multilingual films Magic realism films Films directed by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films 2010s Assamese-language films