Chauranga

Chauranga Hindi is a 2016 Hindi film. It is the debut feature film of Indian writerdirector Bikas Ranjan Mishra, produced by Onir and Sanjay Suri. The film was developed at the Screenwriters Lab organized by National Film Development Corporation of India in collaboration with Locarno Film Festival and the ScriptStation of Berlinale Talent Campus, a part of Berlin International Film Festival. The Film won Golden Gateway of India Award for Best Film India Gold 2014 at the 16th Mumbai Film Festival.

A fourteenyearold Dalit boy Soham Maitra is growing up in an unnamed corner of India. His dream is to go to a town school like his elder brother Riddhi Sen and his reality is to look after the pig that his family owns. His only escape is to sit atop a Jamun tree and adore his beloved Ena Saha passing by on her scooter. His unspoken love is as true as his mothers helplessness who cleans the cowsheds of the local strongmans mansion, with whom she also has a secret liaison. When the boys elder brother comes on a vacation to the village, he soon finds out about his younger brothers infatuation. The learned elder brother makes him realize the need to express his love and helps him write a love letter.Bikas Mishras script was selected by the National Film Development Corporation in 2010 for its Screenwriters Lab organized at Locarno Film Festival. The script was later selected by Berlinale Talent Campus ScriptStation program. Marten Rabarts, the artistic director of Amsterdam based Binger FilmLab consulted Bikas on the script at both the labs. ........

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