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Badal Sircar's 'Pagla Ghoda' Premieres at Paris Festival, Marking International Debut
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News18•26-09-2026, 23:47
Badal Sircar's 'Pagla Ghoda' Premieres at Paris Festival, Marking International Debut
- •Badal Sircar's timeless play 'Pagla Ghoda,' adapted into a film by Shekhar Das, will have its international premiere at the Le Gange sur Seine Film Festival in Paris.
- •The film, produced for Sircar's birth centenary, reinterprets the stage narrative with a unique cinematic language, atmosphere, and psychological scope.
- •The story unfolds in a remote crematorium where four men discuss life, guilt, and patriarchy while the invisible presence of a deceased young woman influences their conversation.
- •Director Shekhar Das describes the film as a faithful yet fearless reinterpretation of Sircar's consciousness and a protest against patriarchal negativity.
- •The cast and producers highlight the film's role as a tribute to Sircar's legacy and a mirror reflecting societal issues, bringing Bengali culture to a global audience.
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The film adaptation of Badal Sircar's timeless play "Pagla Ghoda," adapted by Shekhar Das, has been selected as the opening feature for the festival in Paris.
The story unfolds over the course of one night in a remote forest crematorium in West Bengal, where four men await the last rites of a young woman who committed suicide.
The film was produced by Dr. Prabir Bhowmik with Bipasha Ghoshal serving as the executive producer under Swabhumi Entertainment.
