Tope (film) explained

Tope
Director:	Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Producer:	Pawan Kanodia
Music:	Alokananda Dasgupta
Distributor:	Netflix
Cinematography:	Asim Bose
Editing:	Amitava Dasgupta
Country:	India
Language:	Bengali

Tope is a 2016 Indian Bengali-language psychological drama film directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta and produced by Pawan Kanodia.^[1] The film is based on a same name short story of Narayan Gangopadhyay. The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival^[2] and was released on 5 May 2017 under the banner of Ava Film Productions Pvt. Ltd.^[3]

Plot

The plot revolves around three parallel stories in the style of magic realism. There is an eccentric King of rural India who can go to any extent to fulfill his dreadful wishes. Munni, a teenage girl and tightrope walker, lives with her mother. Goja, the postman who lives in jungle and suffers from meaninglessness of life.^{[4] [5]}

Cast

• Ananya Chatterjee as Rekha
• Paoli Dam as Munni's mother
• Sudipto Chatterjee as King
• Kajol Kumari as Munni
• Chandan Roy Sanyal as Goja
• Krishnendu Adhikari
• Eshika Dey

Notes and References

1. News: Singh. Shiv Sahay. 2016-01-03. A film-maker in pursuit of creative unhappiness. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-07-26. 0971-751X.
2. News: Buddhadev film 'Tope' at Toronto International film fest . Business Standard . 30 July 2016 . Press Trust of India . 14 June 2021 .
3. Web site: 'The Bait' ('Tope'): Film Review TIFF 2016. 2020-07-25. The Hollywood Reporter. en.
4. Web site: Tope Review Tope Bengali Movie Review by Rwita Datta. 2020-07-26. NOWRUNNING. en.
5. Web site: Chowdhary. Devayush. 2017-06-11. Tope [2017]

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   . 2020-07-26. High On Films. en-US.