Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals
Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals
Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals
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Indian Panorama 2007NON FEATURE FILMS JURYBAGHER BACHA(The Tiger’s Cub)Viedo./colour/Bengali/24 minutes/ESTArun KhopkarChairmanGautam SaikiaMemberKavita ChaudharyMemberPankaj ButaliaMemberSYNOPSISThe film captures the horror and adventure in the life <strong>of</strong>a ten-year-old kid, Syamol Bagh, who had been living in theRailway stations, in the city <strong>of</strong> Kolkata. He has been in andout <strong>of</strong> an NGO run Night Shelter (‘Home’)in the past butwishes to stay permanently in the ‘Home’ this time for abetter future and is undergoing vocational training.The voice <strong>of</strong> the protagonist is the voice in the film as ittakes a journey through his past, to his present and his possiblefuture. The film deftly travels through his past days <strong>of</strong>adventure, drugs and crime in the platforms <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> themajor railway stations in India.Shyamol Bagh fondly remembers his loving grandfather whodies in an accident, narrates in details, how his alcoholic abusivefather died a sudden death… he talks <strong>of</strong> his demanding mother63