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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7816002 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish Context triple: [Rituparno Ghosh, notableWork, Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish]
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Achhut Kanya
Achhut Kanya is a landmark 1936 Hindi social drama film that tackled caste discrimination and is regarded as one of early Indian cinema’s most influential reformist works.
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B.
Queen of Ayodhya
Queen of Ayodhya is the royal consort of King Dasharatha in the Hindu epic Ramayana, best known as the mother of Bharata and the catalyst for Rama’s exile.
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Chandramukhi
Chandramukhi is a courtesan and one of the central tragic figures in Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel "Devdas," known for her deep, unrequited love and devotion to the protagonist.
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Ranganayaki
Ranganayaki is the principal consort goddess (often identified with Lakshmi) worshipped at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam.
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Chitrahaar
Chitrahaar is a long-running Indian television program that showcases popular Bollywood film songs, traditionally broadcast on the national public broadcaster Doordarshan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish Target entity description: 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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A.
Achhut Kanya
Achhut Kanya is a landmark 1936 Hindi social drama film that tackled caste discrimination and is regarded as one of early Indian cinema’s most influential reformist works.
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B.
Queen of Ayodhya
Queen of Ayodhya is the royal consort of King Dasharatha in the Hindu epic Ramayana, best known as the mother of Bharata and the catalyst for Rama’s exile.
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C.
Chandramukhi
Chandramukhi is a courtesan and one of the central tragic figures in Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel "Devdas," known for her deep, unrequited love and devotion to the protagonist.
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D.
Ranganayaki
Ranganayaki is the principal consort goddess (often identified with Lakshmi) worshipped at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam.
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E.
Chitrahaar
Chitrahaar is a long-running Indian television program that showcases popular Bollywood film songs, traditionally broadcast on the national public broadcaster Doordarshan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali-language film
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film ⓘ |
| awardCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Chitrangada (dance drama) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Rabindranath Tagore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Abhik Mukhopadhyay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| director | Rituparno Ghosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Arghyakamal Mitra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
gender reassignment
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non-heteronormative relationships ⓘ transgender experiences ⓘ |
| filmIndustry | Tollywood (Bengali cinema) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related film
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drama film ⓘ musical drama film ⓘ |
| hasTaglineOrMotto | “Be what you wish to be.” ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
desire
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gender identity ⓘ self-acceptance ⓘ |
| musicBy | Debajyoti Mishra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a choreographer staging Tagore’s Chitrangada ⓘ |
| notableFor |
queer representation in Indian cinema
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reinterpretation of Tagore’s Chitrangada ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | Rituparno Ghosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Shree Venkatesh Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 2010s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Rituparno Ghosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starred |
Anasua Majumdar
NERFINISHED
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Anjan Dutt NERFINISHED ⓘ Deepti Naval NERFINISHED ⓘ Jisshu Sengupta NERFINISHED ⓘ Raima Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ Rituparno Ghosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Rituparno Ghosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
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