Kaushik Ganguly on National Film Award win: ‘Cannot celebrate the success’
In the same category, Kaushik had previously won for Bishorjan (2016) and Shabdo (2012).
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Kaberi Antardhan, a film by Kaushik Ganguly, was named Best Feature Film in Bengali at the 70th National Film Awards on August 16. The film’s director, who also acted in it, thanked everyone for the victory and brought attention to the ongoing demonstrations in response to the rape and murder of a trainee physician at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
Kaushik Ganguly is gutted
The director stated, “I am accepting the National Award for Best Bengali film for ‘Kaberi Antardhan’ with all humility. I am thankful that our team have been bestowed with the honour. But we cannot celebrate the success in getting National Award in view of the present situation in Bengal.”
He added, “The narrative of Kaberi Antardhan revolves round the tale of two daughters, the tale of their crisis. The film encapsulates a particular phase a period revolving around the fate of two daughters. After so many years, when Bengal is facing a turbulence in society, it gives a strange feeling of revisiting the same issue when another daughter is subjected to such heinous torture and killed. It gives a strange feeling when we hear about the tragic heart-rending fate of the woman- the female doctor at R G Kar Hospital. It gives a strange feeling of reality merging with the cinema. Hence, in the given situation we are not in the mood for any form of celebration.”
More about the film
The romantic thriller Kaberi Antardhan is set against the backdrop of the Naxal movement in the 1970s. Prosenjit Chatterjee, Srabanti Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Ambarish Bhattacharya, and Indraneil Sengupta are among its stars.
Ajogyo, his final film as director, starred Rituparna Sengupta and Prosenjit Chatterjee in the key parts.
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