The Victims of Sundarbans

Sundarbans the largest mangrove forest in the world where there are tiger victim families which include the widowed women along with their children, their atrocities, their livelihood, their survival in the midst of the forest, their encounter with the Royal Bengal Tiger has been vividly portrayed in this documentary of 30 minutes.

  • Dilip Ghosh
    Director
  • Olivia Dunlop
    Writer
  • Purnendu Roy
    Producer
  • Olivia Dunlop
    Producer
  • Simon Dunlop
    Producer
  • Purnendu Roy
    Key Cast
    "Ration Distribution Head"
  • Olivia Dunlop
    Key Cast
    "Ration Distributor"
  • Kamala Munda
    Key Cast
  • Namita Mandal
    Key Cast
  • Panchami Naiya
    Key Cast
  • Olivia Dunlop
    Credits
  • Purnendu Roy
    Credits
  • Simon Dunlop
    Credits
  • Sabyasachi Mishra
    Credits
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes 6 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 31, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Bengali, English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Dilip Ghosh

Dilip Ghosh – Director – The Victims of Sundarbans
Dilip Ghosh is a renowned and passionate Film Maker in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
He has done several Bengali Feature Films like “Ekti Jibon”, the film was awarded with a National Award which got selected in Indian Panorama in the year 1988 and took place in Manheim Film Festival 1989.
He has done several documentary movies like “Scroll Painters of Birbhum” which has got National Award in the year 1989, also got selected in Indian Panorama in the year 1988.
He also made Budhisht Culture & Pali Documentary in the year 1990 which has got selected in Bombay Film Festival.
“Chador Badani” a Documentary Film directed and produced by him in the year 2004 which got selected in Calcutta International Film Festival, “Dasharathi Roy er Panchali” in 2006.
Saotali Feature Film “ Tahe Kano Tangire Ama Dula Ashere” in the year 2004.
Debi Durga Documentary (“Evaluation of Durga”) in 2008.
He has also made a short film which is “Kano Elona” in the year 2018 based on “the Poem of the famous Poet Shri Subhash Mukhopadhay” which was selected in Calcutta International Film Festival in the year 2019.

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Director Statement

The best documentary film that I have ever shot in my lifetime is the Victims of Sundarbans as I wanted to bring to the world the greatness and majestic beauty of the largest mangrove forest in the world. Risked our lives to shoot the livelihood of the tiger victim families i.e the widowed women and fatherless children of Sundarbans.