Private Project

An eddy always carrying

This film inspired by the life of Mother-Sita from the epic the Ramayana. A low-caste woman Sita 28, who came from a very village area of West Bengal, and temporarily is staying in old city side of Calcutta, coincidentally faces the same situation of Devi Sita. Finally when she comes back and faced same question of chastity (virginity), she realises that it was Mother Sita who was able to enter to the lap of mother earth because she was Goddess but she is a low cast woman and not a Devi. Her belief in faith, love and family system is faced with a difficult question

  • Akhilesh Mandal
    Director
  • Akhilesh Mandl
    Writer
  • Akhilesh Mandal
    Producer
  • Satabdi Mandal
    Producer
  • Shyamosree Roy
    Key Cast
    "Sita"
  • Rajib Samanta
    Key Cast
    "Poka"
  • Sabyasachi Mandal
    Key Cast
    "Raghu"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    বহমান আবর্তন (Bahaman Abortan)
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Feature
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Drama
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 40 minutes 12 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Bengali
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Akhilesh Mandal

Akhilesh Mandal is an Independent film maker and editor. He got post graduation of History from Calcutta University, Diploma in fine art and multimedia. He started his carrier as an audio visual editor and graphic designer. Akhilesh Mandal is a film lover and serious student of film making and almost self taught film maker. He has done 5 short films till now. Bahaman Abartan is his first Independent feature film. By making short films he got some awards and little recantation from various film festivals of India and across of the globe.

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Director Statement

Film making is vast subject and I am trying to get my own film language.