Set in the dark hinterland of India where tradition and modernity collide precariously, Chauranga is inspired by a real incident. Fourteen-year-old Santu wants to go to school like his older brother Bajarangi. Their mother works as a maid at the mansion of the upper-caste village headman with whom she is having a dangerous, secret liaison.
When Bajarangi comes home from boarding school on holiday, he exposes Santu to the dreams of city life. But Santu’s destiny was pre-written in a village that’s steeped deep in caste-hierarchy and debauchery. Unaware of the consequences, he is nurturing defiance and courting a dangerous infatuation that can topple the equations of caste in the village. How far will his defiance take him? What will be the price of his escape?
WINNER BEST INDIAN FILM MAMI & WINNER GRAND JURY PRIZE IFFLA 2015
Sanjay Suri – Dhaval
Tannishtha Chatterjee – Dhaniya
Arpita Chatterjee – Nidhi
Soham Maitra – Santu
Riddhi Sen – Bajrangi
Dhritiman Chatterjee – Pandey Baba
Anshuman Jha – Raghu
NFDC: Nina Lath Gupta, Sahab Narain
Bound script: Sujoy Ghosh
Pong: Merle Kroeger, Philip Scheffner
Mind Blowing Films: Mitu Bhowmick Lange, John Molloy, Bidyut Dumra
Purple Cow Entertainment: Arnav Singh & Amit Mishra
Karigar Australia Pvt. Ltd: Raj Suri
Casting Director: NALINI RATHNAM
Costumes: DEV R. NIL
On Location Sound Mixer: TANMAY DAS
Action Director: SHANTANU PAL
First Assistant Director: SANDIP SAKET
Second Assistant Director: CHAKSHU ARORA
Assistant Directors: KUNDAN SINGH, MITHILA HEGDE
Script Supervisor: PANKAJ DUBEY
Production Controller: DEBIPRASAD KAR (W BENGAL)
Production Coordinator: PADMA LOCHAN DALAI ( ODISHA )
Production Manager: GOVIND SINGH
Location Manager: KARTIK SETH (BOLPUR)
Associate Line Producer: RAHUL BHANJA
Line Producer: SHIVASISH SETH
NFDC Team: VIKRAMJIT ROY
Assistant Editor: SURAJ GUNJAL
Publicity Design: MIO Design
Art Director: AMIT CHATTERJEE
Music: VIVEK PHILIP
