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Kalpavigyan: A Speculative Journey
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Kalpavigyan: A Speculative Journey

Sep 9, 2021
1h 20m
★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary
Science Fiction

Production Companies

CoFutures

Cast

Barnita Bagchi

Self

Barnita Bagchi

Adrish Bardhan

Self

Adrish Bardhan

Sumit Bardhan

Self

Sumit Bardhan

Enakhhi Chattopadhyay

Self

Enakhhi Chattopadhyay

Amitananda Das

Self

Amitananda Das

Anish Deb

Self

Anish Deb

Ranen Ghosh

Self

Ranen Ghosh

Riju Ganguly

Self

Riju Ganguly

Abhijit Gupta

Self

Abhijit Gupta

Anwesha Maity

Self

Anwesha Maity

Sandip Ray

Self

Sandip Ray

Abhijnan Roychowdhury

Self

Abhijnan Roychowdhury

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