Bird of Dusk (2018)

An insight into the life of late writer-director Rituparno Ghosh, the iconic cultural figure from West Bengal (India), who pushed and transgressed the boundaries of sexuality, feminism, and freedom of thought. The film is about an artist's relationship to his city Calcutta and is based on his personal memoirs, archival material, and conversations with cast, crew, and family.

Cast (23)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Rituparno Ghosh

Self (archival footage)

Soumitra Chatterjee

Himself

Aparna Sen

Herself

Sharmila Tagore

Herself

Konkona Sen Sharma

Herself

Nandita Das

Herself

Prosenjit Chatterjee

Himself

Arjun Rampal

Himself

D

Dorothee Wenner

Herself

Kaushik Ganguly

Himself

Mir Afsar Ali

Himself

R

Ranjan Bose

Himself

Arghyakamal Mitra

Himself

Anindya Chatterjee

Himself

G

Guillermo Rodriguez Martin

Himself

Arijit Dutta

Himself

Avik Mukhopadhyay

Himself

Debojyoti Mishra

Himself

A

Amal Kundu

Himself

R

Rakesh Ghosh

Himself

N

Neela Bandopadhyay

Herself

S

Sangeeta Datta

Herself

Javed Akhtar

(archival footage)

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