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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| 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 ⓘ |
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