Sohra Bridge is a multilingual Indian drama film directed by late Bappaditya Bandopadhyay starring Niharika Singh and Barun Chanda in primary roles.[1] Memories, imagination and reality come together in the journey of a young girl looking for her estranged father. The unexplored, beautiful and politically volatile North East of India provides the backdrop.
| Sohra Bridge | |
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| Directed by | Bappaditya Bandopadhyay |
| Produced by | Mithu Dey |
| Starring | Barun Chanda Niharika Singh Pratik Sen Nishita Goswami Paul Phukan Merlvin Jude Mukhim Sankar Dey |
| Cinematography | Rana Dasgupta |
| Edited by | Dipak Mandal |
| Music by | Gaurab Chatterjee |
| Distributed by | Homemade Films |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Bengali, Assamese and Khasi |
This was Bappaditya's last film and was released posthumously in February 2016.[2][3] The dialogue of the film is in English, Bengali, Assamese and Khasi.[4][5]
Plot
editSohra Bridge tells the story of a daughter who embarks on a journey across the remote expanses of North-East India, looking for her father. She finds herself drawn towards a complex labyrinth of memory and imagination. The film conjures up a magical reality where real gives way to the surreal, bloodshed to poetry, memory to the imaginary and vice versa.
Cast
edit- Barun Chanda as Ria's father
- Niharika Singh as Ria
- Nishita Goswami
- Pratik Sen as Asish
- Moumita Mitra
- Paul Phukan
- Merlvin J Mukhim
- Raj Banerjee
References
edit- ^ Sen, Zinia (12 January 2017). "Remembering Bappaditya Bandopadhyay". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Bappaditya Bandopadhyay's Sohra Bridge (2016): the last bow of a brilliant film-maker". washingtonbanglaradio.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sohra Bridge". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Sohra Bridge : A multi-lingual film to remember". Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Meghalaya: 'Sohra Bridge'- a movie that narrates a daughter's journey for her father!". thenortheasttoday.com. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
External links
edit- Sohra Bridge at IMDb