RAJANIGANDHA ( THE PUTRID SMELL OF LIFE ) (2023)
RAJANIGANDHA ( THE PUTRID SMELL OF LIFE )
(2023)
General Information
Completed On: 30 Dec, 2023
Duration: 28 min 44 sec
Genres: Short
Language: Bengali
Country: India
Submitted By: Abhishek Basu
Festival Rating
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DirectorAbhishek Basu
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ProducerRimmi Mukherjee
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Story WriterAlo Basu
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Screenplay & DialogueAbhishek Basu
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lead ActressKamalika Banerjee
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lead ActorDebopriyo Mukherjee
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supporting ActorDeepak Halder
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DOPRana Pratap Karforma
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EditorSourish Dey
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costume & stylingTejas Gandhi
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make up and hairProsanta Roy
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music directorAbhishek Basu
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music directorAvik Ganguly
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Art DirectorSagar Dasgupta
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Art DirectorKaushik Ghosh Dastidar
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publicity designMonalisa Das Raima
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production ManagerChandan Chatterjee
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voice overSanjita
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sound designingAsha Creations
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Film TypeShort
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GenresDrama
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Runtime28 minutes 44 seconds
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Completion Date30 Dec, 2023
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Production Budget3000 USD
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Country of OriginIndia
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Country of FilmingIndia
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Film LanguageBengali
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Shooting FormatDigital
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Aspect Ratio16:9
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Director's Biography
This is the 7th project of Abhishek Basu as film maker. He is mainly a music director and world percussionist by profession from Kolkata, India.
Rated among the top ranked new age percussionists & indian classical tabla players of this generation, abhishek basu is a bbc award winning internationally acclaimed percussion virtuoso & music director, is a world ranked percussionist, performing all round the globe for past 20yrs,Being a multi talented artist he is giving music directions in bollywood jingles and tollywood bengali films these days, and has won many awards all over the globe.
Recently He is working with avantgarde film directed by sohini mitra de, and also futureworks post production house mumbai, for few of their jingle adds music direction like - SAIF ALI KHAN starer image eyewear, ALIA BHATT starer idee eyewear, VIDYA BALAN starer raanka jewellery add, SAJID NADIADWALA's nadiadwala & grandsons new logo music, METRO SHOES add,and many more.
Today abhishek has got 10 internationally marketed albums to his credit.
For over past 30yrs, Abhishek has intensely engaged himself with the study of rhythm. Though his technical underpinning derive from the farrukkabad Gharana, having taught under the guidance of acharya late pandit Sankar Ghosh and percussion maestro Bickram Ghosh.
He is touring all over the world for last 2 decades and has got awarded recently by DADASAHEB PHALKE FILM FESTIVAL for a recent music direction in a music video and also for his recent short film Eternal Canvas.
His films have already got awards from all over the world in international film festivals from USA, Portugal, India, Sweden, and many countries.
Director's Statement
Sex work, Prostitution is the oldest profession of this civilized societal structure. It is just not a mere service industry cleaning up the overflow of male demand, which invariably exceeds female supply. Prostitution testifies to the amoral power struggle of sex, which 'Religion' has never been able to stop. Rather, on the contrary in Hinduism the first 'Maati' (Soil) used in making the idol of Goddess Durga with other stack of mud water of soil from river Ganges, comes 1st from the established homes of sex workers of our society. Such incredible, power women are the illuminance in the forests of Archaic nights.
Through this film we show our gratitude to each one of them contributing such huge power for centuries.