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Chandrabati Kotha is a 2019 Bengali biographical drama film directed by N. Rashed Chowdhury. The movie is based on the life of Chandravati, first feminist poet of Bengal.
The film premiered at the 2019 Kolkata International Film Festival. This movie was selected for the international category for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Plot
The story revolves around the elegiac life of Chandrabati, 16th century woman poet of Bengali language. She is best known for her women-centered epic Ramayana. Her father Dijabangshi Das was also a poet. Chandrabati falls in love with another poet, Jayananda but he leaves her for another woman. Heartbroken Chandrabati confines herself inside a Shiva temple and starts rewriting the Ramayana.
Cast
Dilruba Hossain Doyel as Chandrabati
Imtiaz Barshon as Jayananda
Tanay Biswas as Ashok
Balaram Das as Guru
Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed as Sonai
Jayanta Chattopadhyay as Dwijabangshi Das
Gazi Rakayet as Dewan
Mita Rahman as Sulochona
References
External links
Chandrabati Kotha at IMDb