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Chauranga (2016)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 28M

Director : Bikas Ranjan Mishra

Synopsis

A fourteen year old Dalit (lower caste) boy in rural India is killed for writing a love letter.

Actors

Tannishtha Chatterjee
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Dhaniya
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Pandey
Delzad Hiwale
Delzad Hiwale
Sambhu
Anshuman Jha
Anshuman Jha
Raghu
Soham Maitra
Soham Maitra
Santu
Riddhi Sen
Riddhi Sen
Bajrangi
Swatilekha Sengupta
Swatilekha Sengupta
Arpita Pal
Arpita Pal

Crews

Bikas Ranjan Mishra
Bikas Ranjan Mishra
Director
Ramanuj Dutta
Ramanuj Dutta
Cinematography
Mohan Mulani
Mohan Mulani
Producer
Graham Willcox
Graham Willcox
Editor
Onir
Onir
Producer

Trailers and other movies

CHAURANGA | Official Trailer | Sanjay Suri, Soham Maitra,Tannishtha Chatterjee, Arpita Chatterjee

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