Kalpavigyan: A Speculative Journey
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.
Directed by Arunava Gangopadhyay · Written by Arunava Gangopadhyay
Cast
- Barnita Bagchi Self
- Adrish Bardhan Self
- Sumit Bardhan Self
- Enakhhi Chattopadhyay Self
- Amitananda Das Self
- Anish Deb Self
- Ranen Ghosh Self
- Riju Ganguly Self
- Abhijit Gupta Self
- Anwesha Maity Self
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Sandip Ray Self - Abhijnan Roychowdhury Self
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3h 16m together
Kalpavigyan: A Speculative Journey
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