An Obsolete Altar Explained

An Obsolete Altar
Director:	Hyash Tanmoy, Mrigankasekhar Ganguly
Producer:	Hyash Tanmoy
Narrator:	Rabindranath Tagore
Starring:	Avinandan Bhadra, Anirban Paul
Music:	Inam Hussain
Cinematography:	Joydeep Banerjee
Editing:	Mrigankasekhar Ganguly, Ansuman
Distributor:	Hyash Tanmoy from ZERO DEGREE ARTS
Runtime:	16 minutes
Country:	India
Language:	English, Hindi, Bengali
Budget:	500 INR

An Obsolete Altar is a 2013 short film is inspired by the 1912 play Achalayatan written by Rabindranath Tagore. The film has been officially selected for International competition as the only Indian film at the Eastern Breeze International Film Festival in Canada and Up and Coming Film Festival in Hannover, Germany, has selected the film, out of 2,982 films submitted from 54 countries.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Plot

Rape is a social cancer. Women are victimized in everywhere. The country is roaring. The intellects are walking with candles. The government pays allowances to the victim. The opposition are taking advantage. The process of purgation has already started. The media get excited with the justice. But, what will happen if the victim is not a female?

Cast

• Jagriti (Avinandan) Bhadra as Genital (It) Victim of rape
• Anirban Laulaa as Alter ego of Genital (It)
• Joydeep Banerjee as Panchak
• Mriganka sekhar Ganguly as Mahapanchak
• Anand Singh as Rapist
• Tannistha Bhattacharya as Journalist
• Satyajit Biswas as Intellect
• Arunava Barman as Allegorical Artist (Dancer)
• Subhasish Acharya as Allegorical Artist (Dancer)
• Swagata Das as Victim of rape
• Soumik Goswami as Allegorical Artist (Dancer)
• Biswajit Gayen as Allegorical Artist (Dancer)
• Sudipta Das as Allegorical Artist (Dancer)
• Saheli Das as Victim of rape
• Hyash Tanmoy as Photojournalist

External links

• • newfilmmakersonline
• Selected film in Up and Coming International Film Festival Hannover
• kinopoisk
• Selected film in Eastern Breeze International Film Festival Canada
• Hindusthan Times Reported on An Obsolete Altar

Notes and References

1. News: A film at Rs. 500, awaiting a ticket to Germany . 30 September 2013 . Hindustan Times . 30 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130930112346/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/A-film-at-Rs-500-awaiting-a-ticket-to-Germany/Article1-1128985.aspx . 30 September 2013.
2. News: Rape film goes international . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203002203/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIKM/2013/09/30&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar00400 . dead . 3 December 2013 . 30 September 2013. The Times of India . 30 September 2013.
3. News: পাঁচশো টাকায় ষোল মিনিটের ছবি৷ . 19 October 2013. Ei Samay . 19 October 2013.
4. News: ৫০০ টাকায়, পাঁচদিনে স্বল্পদৈর্ঘের ছবি তৈরি করে বাজিমাত করল খড়দহ-আগরপাড়ার 'যুব ব্রিগেড' . 20 September 2013 . Bartaman . 20 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610212530/http://bartamanpatrika.com/archive/2013/september/200913/content/rajya.htm . 10 June 2015 .