A Bid for Bengal

1hr 11min  |  Bengali, English, Hindi  |  Documentary

How to make sense of the changing political landscape of Bengal? Using fresh and archival footage with personal family history, 'A Bid for Bengal' lays bare historical fault lines and visits frontal organizations in the Hindu nationalist network responsible for the recent political shifts, while witnessing two consecutive elections, from 2019 to 2021. As resistance takes shape on the street, one arrives at the immediate present marred with anxiety, yet not bereft of hope.
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Synopsis

How to make sense of the changing political landscape of Bengal? Using fresh and archival footage with personal family history, 'A Bid for Bengal' lays bare historical fault lines and visits frontal organizations in the Hindu nationalist network responsible for the recent political shifts, while witnessing two consecutive elections, from 2019 to 2021. As resistance takes shape on the street, one arrives at the immediate present marred with anxiety, yet not bereft of hope.

Filmmaker Bio

Dwaipayan Banerjee

Dwaipayan Banerjee

Director

Dwaipayan Banerjee is a documentary filmmaker, film programmer, film festival organiser and editor based in Kolkata.
Kasturi Basu

Kasturi Basu

Director

Kasturi Basu is a documentary filmmaker, film programmer, film festival organiser and editor based in Kolkata.

Credits

director: Dwaipayan Banerjee, Kasturi Basu

writer: Dwaipayan Banerjee

producer: Kasturi Basu, Dwaipayan Banerjee

Editor: Rituparna Saha

Cinematographer: Kasturi Basu, Kenneth Cyrus, Ritam Sarkar, Saikat Mallick

Location Sound: Dwaipayan Banerjee

Sound Design and Sound Mixing: Sukanta Majumdar

Background Music: Shamik Chatterjee, Samrat Mukherjee

Vocals: Moushumi Bhowmik