Kalpavigyan: A Speculative Journey
2021•1h 20m•Released
DocumentaryScience Fiction
What is Bangla kalpavigyan? Is there such a thing as Bangla Science Fiction? Is there such a thing as Indian SF? This is our journey with the genre, captured and presented like never before in film. Beginning with the early work of writers such as Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain (Begum Rokeya) and the speculative mode in Bengal, and ending with the pioneering webzine Kalpabiswa, the film traces the historical arc of kalpavigyan over a century of the genre. From the genre magazines of the 1960s-80s and the writers and editors who ignited the movement by giving it shape and form, the film presents a series of conversations and critical reflections from researchers and scholars who have worked with the genre both in relation to Bengal and kalpavigyan as well as the wider phenomenon of SF.
Director
Arunava Gangopadhyay
Writer
Arunava Gangopadhyay
Languages
Bengali
Studio
CoFutures
Cast
Barnita Bagchi
Self
Adrish Bardhan
Self
Sumit Bardhan
Self
Enakhhi Chattopadhyay
Self
Amitananda Das
Self
Anish Deb
Self
Ranen Ghosh
Self
Riju Ganguly
Self
Abhijit Gupta
Self
Anwesha Maity
Self
Sandip Ray
Self
Abhijnan Roychowdhury
Self
Moumita Sen
Self
Anindya Sengupta
Self
J.K. Chattopadhyay
Voiceover
Production
Company
CoFutures
Producer
Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay
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