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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Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish canonical 4

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instanceOf Bengali-language film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardCountry India ⓘ
awardReceived National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues ⓘ
basedOn Chitrangada (dance drama) ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
cinematographyBy Abhik Mukhopadhyay ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
director Rituparno Ghosh ⓘ
editedBy Arghyakamal Mitra ⓘ
explores gender reassignment ⓘ
non-heteronormative relationships ⓘ
transgender experiences ⓘ
filmIndustry Tollywood (Bengali cinema) ⓘ
linked to: Tollywood
genre LGBT-related film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
musical drama film ⓘ
hasTaglineOrMotto “Be what you wish to be.” ⓘ
mainTheme desire ⓘ
gender identity ⓘ
self-acceptance ⓘ
musicBy Debajyoti Mishra ⓘ
linked to: Debojyoti Mishra
narrativeFocus a choreographer staging Tagore’s Chitrangada ⓘ
notableFor queer representation in Indian cinema ⓘ
reinterpretation of Tagore’s Chitrangada ⓘ
originalLanguage Bengali ⓘ
partOfFilmographyOf Rituparno Ghosh ⓘ
productionCompany Shree Venkatesh Films ⓘ
releaseDecade 2010s ⓘ
releaseYear 2012 ⓘ
screenplayBy Rituparno Ghosh ⓘ
setIn Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta
starred Anasua Majumdar ⓘ
Anjan Dutt ⓘ
Deepti Naval ⓘ
Jisshu Sengupta ⓘ
Raima Sen ⓘ
Rituparno Ghosh ⓘ
writer Rituparno Ghosh ⓘ

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Rituparno Ghosh → notableWork → Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish ⓘ
Rituparno Ghosh → directed → Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish ⓘ
Rituparno Ghosh → actedIn → Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish ⓘ
Jisshu Sengupta → notableWork → Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish ⓘ