Mahishasur Marddini 2022 presents a collage of narratives from a single night
Kolkata, 25th Nov: Mahishasur Marddini is another name for Goddess Durga.UNESCO has included Kolkata’s Durga Puja in its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It is a religious-cultural event signifying the victory of good over evil and worships the female form of God.
Written and Directed by: Ranjan Ghosh
Presented by AVA Film Productions Pvt. Ltd. & Pawan Kanodia
Co-produced by Vinayak Pictures
Adverb on behalf of AVA Film Productions Pvt. Ltd., Pawan Kanodia & Vinayak Pictures cordially invited for the Grand Premiere of Mahishasur Marddini. The cast and crew of the film was present at the premiere.
Date: 25th November 2022 (Friday)
Time: 6:30 PM
Venue: Priya Cinema
Cast: Rituparna Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Sritama Dey, Aryuun Ghosh, Arunima Halder, Abhyuday Dey, Purbasha Mal, Koushik Kar, Shaheb Bhattacherjee, and Poulomi Das.
Music Director- Avijit Kundu
Lyrics – Subhadeep Kantal
Singers – Madhuri Dey & Arpita Sarkar
Our story begins with the gang-rape and murder of a ten-year-old deaf-mute destitute girl a night before Durga puja is scheduled to begin in Kolkata. She happened to live through her days and nights at the local Hindu crematorium and Muslim graveyard. The storyline then shifts to the house of a landlady and her four college-going tenants who are busy with last-minute festival preparations. Through the night they receive a few visitors, some planned, some unplanned. The incidents that unfold thereafter showcase the trials and tribulations faced by women all over. The characters too have their moment of catharsis as they realize that a girl-child or a woman in distress is nothing short of humanity in peril. Mahishasur Marddini is our letter of apology to women for the wrongs done to her through the ages, that continue even to this day.
Cinematographer – Subhadeep Dey
Editor – Amit Pal
Sound Design/Mix – Abhik Chatterjee and Ayan Bhattacharya
Art Director – Ashis Adhikary
Costume – Payel Dutta