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Aapothkalin Trikalika

The Kali of Emergency
Forum Expanded 2017
© Ashish Avikunthak
During social and political turmoil, what is the manifestation of divine intervention? How do the gods and goddesses act in the volatility of the contemporary world? If they walk on earth as men and women, how do they endure the chaos of modernity? Centering on the terrible and majestic incarnations of Goddess Kali and her celestial avatars, this film is a metaphysical contemplation in times of perpetual emergencies.
by Ashish Avikunthak
with Ruma Poddar, Saswati Biswas, Shamistha Nag, Siddhartha Banerjee, Sandeep Mukherjee, Sougata Mukherjee, Marylea Madiman, Satakshi Nandi, Saheli Goswami, Mishka Halim India / Germany 2016 Bengali 79’ Colour & Black/White

With

  • Ruma Poddar
  • Saswati Biswas
  • Shamistha Nag
  • Siddhartha Banerjee
  • Sandeep Mukherjee
  • Sougata Mukherjee
  • Marylea Madiman
  • Satakshi Nandi
  • Saheli Goswami
  • Mishka Halim

Crew

Written and Directed by Ashish Avikunthak
Dialogue Moloy Mukherjee
Cinematography Basab Mullik
Editing Pankaj Rishi Kumar
Sound Design Sukanta Mazumdar
Sound Sankhayan Mukherjee
Production Design Moloy Mukherjee
Costumes Sukumar Mazumdar
Make-Up Shantanu Das
Casting Moloy Mukherjee
Assistant Director Sougata Mukherjee
Production Manager Sougata Mukherjee
Producers Ashish Avikunthak, Debleena Sen, Kristina Konrad

Produced by

Ashish Avikunthak Productions

weltfilm

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Ashish Avikunthak

Ashish Avikunthak, born in 1972 in Jabalpur, India, divides his time between his hometown of Kolkata and Providence, USA. He has been making films for the past 20 years. He has a PhD in Anthropology from Stanford University and has taught at Yale University. He is now an Associate Professor at Harrington School of Communication, University of Rhode Island. He has had retrospectives of his works and his films have been shown worldwide in museums, biennials, and film festivals.

Filmography

1998 Et Cetera; 32 min. 1999 Kalighat Athikatha; 22 min. 2001 Rummaging for Pasts: Excavating Sicily, Digging Bombay; 27 min. · Brihnnlala Ki Khelkali; 17 min. 2002 Performing Death; 16 min. 2005 Antaral; 18 min., Forum Expanded 2008 2007 Nirakar Chhaya; 82 min. 2010 Vakratunda Swaha; 22 min. 2011 Katho Upanishad; 80 min. 2013 Rati Chakravyuh; 105 min. 2015 Kalkimathan Katha; 79 min. 2016 Aapothkalin Trikalika

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017