{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Chauranga | image = Film Poster Chauranga Movie.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical Release Poster | director = Bikas Ranjan Mishra | starring = Sanjay Suri<br /> Tannishtha Chatterjee<br /> Soham Maitra | cinematography = Ramanuj Dutta | producer = Onir<br /> Sanjay Suri<br /> Mohan Mulani | writer = Bikas Ranjan Mishra | studio = Anticlock Films | distributor = Anticlock Films | released = {{Film date|2014|10|21|Mumbai Film Festival|2016|01|08|India|df=yes}} | country = India | language = Hindi | runtime = 88 minutes | budget = approx. {{INRConvert|8|c}} }} '''''Chauranga''''' is a 2016 Hindi film. It is the debut feature film of Indian writer-director Bikas Ranjan Mishra, produced by Onir and Sanjay Suri.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/preview/14563/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001141430/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/preview/14563/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 October 2011|title=Chauranga: Preview, Synopsis and Storyline |website=Bollywood Hungama|accessdate=2011-09-09}}</ref> The film was developed at the Screenwriters' Lab organized by the National Film Development Corporation of India in collaboration with the Locarno Film Festival and the ScriptStation of Berlinale Talent Campus, a part of the Berlin International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale-talentcampus.de/campus/project/profile/70763|title=Chauranga on Berlinale Talent Campus|publisher=Berlinale Talent Campus|accessdate=2011-06-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602053743/http://www.berlinale-talentcampus.de/campus/project/profile/70763|archivedate=2 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The film won the Golden Gateway of India Award for Best Film (India Gold 2014) at the 16th Mumbai Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/territories/asia-pacific/court-chauranga-win-top-awards-in-mumbai/5078880.article|title=Court, Chauranga win top awards in Mumbai |publisher=Screen International|accessdate=2014-10-22}}</ref>
The film was released worldwide on 8 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/IamOnir/status/654250562075164672|title=Chauranga Theater Release |publisher=Twitter|accessdate=2015-10-14}}</ref>
==Plot== This is based on Dalit-Brahmin relations in the villages and shows how Dalits are exploited. A fourteen-year-old Dalit boy (Soham Maitra) is growing up in an unnamed corner of India. His dream is to go to a town school like his elder brother (Riddhi Sen), and his reality is to look after the pig that his family owns. His only escape is to sit atop a Jamun tree and adore his beloved (Ena Saha) passing by on her scooter. His unspoken love is as true as his mother's helplessness, who cleans the cowsheds of the local Brahmin's mansion, with whom she also has a secret liaison. When the boy's elder brother comes on a vacation to the village, he soon finds out about his younger brother's infatuation. The learned elder brother makes him realize the need to express his love and helps him write a love letter.
==Cast== *Soham Maitra as Santu *Ena Saha as Mona *Riddhi Sen as Bajrangi *Sanjay Suri as Dhaval *Tannishtha Chatterjee as Dhaniya *Dhritiman Chatterjee as Lali Pandey, the blind priest *Swatilekha Sengupta as Dhaval's mother *Arpita Chatterjee as Nidhi *Anshuman Jha as Raghu *Delzad Hiwale as Shambhu
==Production== ===Development=== Bikas Mishra's script was selected by the National Film Development Corporation in 2010 for its Screenwriters' Lab organized at Locarno Film Festival. The script was later selected by Berlinale Talent Campus' ScriptStation program. Marten Rabarts,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.binger.nl/staff/6658|title=Marten Rabarts|publisher=Binger Filmlab, Amsterdam|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120301034317/http://www.binger.nl/staff/6658|archivedate=1 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> the artistic director of Amsterdam-based Binger FilmLab consulted Bikas on the script at both the labs.
==Awards==
*Grand Jury Prize for Best Film at 13th Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles 2015 (IFFLA) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfilmfestival.org/2015-indian-film-festival-of-los-angeles-announces-award-winners/|title=Four Colors (Chauranga) receives Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature|website=www.indianfilmfestival.org, US}}</ref> * Golden Gateway of India for Best Film (India Gold) at 16th Mumbai Film Festival 2014 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://dearcinema.com/news/court-chauranga-killa-winners-16th-mumbai-film-festival/4444|title=Court, Chauranga, Killa winners at 16th Mumbai Film Festival|publisher=DearCinema.com, India|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141029170307/http://dearcinema.com/news/court-chauranga-killa-winners-16th-mumbai-film-festival/4444|archivedate=29 October 2014|df=dmy-all}} </ref> * ''Chauranga'' won "Incredible India" Award for the best project of co-production market,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Bikas-Mishra-s-Chauranga-wins-award-at-IFFI-s-Film-Bazaar/Article1-777527.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205233028/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Bikas-Mishra-s-Chauranga-wins-award-at-IFFI-s-Film-Bazaar/Article1-777527.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2011|title="Incredible India" award for the best project of Co-Production market|publisher=Hindustan Times, India}}</ref> at the NFDC Film Bazaar, International Film Festival of India, Goa 2011 and Script Funding from Goteborg International Film Festival, Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/11/dec/19-sanjay-suri-onir-seek-german-co-producer-for-bikas-mishra-chauranga-121103.asp|title=GIFF script grant to Chauranga|publisher=Glamsham.com}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=3777164}} * {{Official website|http://www.anticlockfilms.com/films/chauranga/}}
Category:2014 films Category:2014 Hindi-language films Category:2014 Indian films Category:Films shot in India Category:Films about the caste system in India Category:Indian avant-garde and experimental films Category:2010s avant-garde and experimental films Category:Films distributed by PVR Inox Pictures