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The transformations of Chitrangada

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist A few days ago I saw the film Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh at the Kashish Film Festival. I loved the idea of the…

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Published June 13, 2019 · 3 min read
the transformations of chitran

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist

A few days ago I saw the film Chitrangada by Rituparno Ghosh at the Kashish Film Festival. I loved the idea of the film, the outstanding introduction of Tagore’s play Chitrangada within the film, but was not quite happy about the excessive melodrama, trite dialogue and self-conscious sex scenes.

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