Bengali Films Take Centre Stage At Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne

Director Tanushree Das and Soumyananda Sahi's 'Baksha Bandi' is on this list. Tilottama Som, Chandan Bista, Sayan Karmakar, Suman Saha, and many others play the lead roles in this film. This film will tell the story of the struggle of a woman named Maya. She works three jobs at the same time. She also carries the pain of her husband's sudden disappearance.

Director Suman Ghosh's recent film 'Puratan' will also be shown at this film festival. Sharmila Tagore acted in this Bengali film again after many years. Rituparna Sengupta and Indranil Sengupta were with her.

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To honor Ritwik Ghatak's contribution to Indian cinema, the film festival will screen two of the director's restored films, 'Titas Ekti Nadir Naam' and 'Meghe Dhaka Tara,' on the occasion of his birth centenary.

Bangladeshi director Muhammad Maqsud Hossain's film 'Saba' will be screened at the film festival. Mehazbin Chowdhury played the lead role in the movie.

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The Story Of A Nigerian Footballer Who Came To India In Search Of Spirituality To Be Shown

But not only Bengali films—the short film 'A Water Made Up of Clay from Yoruba' will be screened there. Kokob Gebrehauer directs it. The film is about a Nigerian footballer who comes to India in search of spirituality.