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Kalpavigyan: A Speculative Journey (2021) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 9, 2021

Original Title:
Kalpavigyan: A Speculative Journey

Genres:
Documentary | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
CoFutures

Production Countries:
India

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 80

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Animation:
Debashis Mukherjee

Assistant Director:
Anamik Saha

Cinematography:
Avi Bandyopadhyay

Colorist:
Subhadip Mondal

Consulting Editor:
Sreya Chatterjee

Director:
Arunava Gangopadhyay

Editor:
Abhishek Pradhan

Music:
Subhadip Mitra

Producer:
Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay

Researcher:
Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay

Screenplay:
Arunava Gangopadhyay

Script:
Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay
Arunava Gangopadhyay

Sound:
Navonil Bhattacharya

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