Bengali word ‘Nirbashito’ in English means ‘Banished’. If you are wondering what makes me quote its meaning, then relax because the suspense is going to unfold within a couple of seconds. National award winning Bengali movie, Nirbashito is releasing on the 14th of August, 2015. It’s not a meagre achievement by any standard for a debutant director to get honoured by a national award on the very first venture.
Although director Churni Ganguly received the national award for her first movie, but admits she didn’t expect it coming her way at any point while making the movie. However, she recalls how hard she had to work out being in the process of making the movie. She had to spend around one and a half years penning down the story of the film.
Cast and crew
Churni Ganguly plays the lead character in the film. Soni, the cat plays the character of Baghini. Other important characters are Biplab Chattopadhyay, Saswata Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Dipnakar Dey, Kaushik Ganguly, Kishan Bhimani, Lars Belhika, Martin, Wailstorm, Lia Boysen and Joakin Granberg. Given below are the other important details of the film:
Starring – Chruni Ganguly, Raima Sen
Production – Shree Venkatest Films
Story idea – Kaushik Ganguly
 |
| Churni Gnguly in Nirbashito |
Music – Raja Narayan Deb
Camera – Sirsha Ray
Screenplay – Kaushik Ganguly, Churni Ganuguly
Producer –Srikanto Mohta, Mahendra Soni
DOP – Sirsha Ray
Presenter – Kuashik Ganugly
Editor – Budhaditya Bandyopadhyay
Director – Churni Ganguly
Languages – Bengali, English, Swedish
Shooting locations – Kolkata, Sweden
Release date – 14th August, 2015
Story
Nirbashito should not be mistaken as a biopic of Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen. Rather the movie depicts incidences within the time frame when the writer had to leave her motherland and was in search of a shelter. Hence, it is inspired by certain portions of her life with added fiction.
The film highlights the pain of living away from motherland and the story of a mother and a daughter. Even though the main female character in the film lacks a name, but she is popular to some as a writer or to some others as a doctor. She has been portrayed as a female author who could live in any of the socio conditions or in any country. A woman whom the society doesn’t hesitate to abandon when she speaks her heart out or expresses her opinions from within. Well, this woman could be any other common woman living in the society or in a family, taking care o the family members, but in crisis she doesn’t hesitate to stand and face the situation. A woman who could face all the troubles, but don’t fear to express herself when the situation demands so from her.
The film would also disclose the pain of separation between a mother and a daughter. Maybe Baghini is simply a cat for others, but a daughter for the author. Circumstances compel her to leave her daughter behind and shift abroad. The daughter has no way to reach her mother. The author is left now with sadness, separation and pain in a foreign land where no one understands her language nor does she understand their language.
Preview
It’s a must watch movie for everyone because it belongs to a different genre. The film is close to reality and would appeal to all. It depicts the picture of society in black and white and the struggle of a single woman in her life. Indeed, it speaks silently about certain crucial factors like the need of women empowerment and the very thought process of society. Moreover, the background music of the movie, the inclusion of the Swedish actors and the on-screen captions are the other attractive features of the movie. The captions would appeal everyone as it would help people with different language background to understand the movie well.