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If You Dare Desire... (2017)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 52M

Director : Debalina Majumder
Writer : Susmita Sinha

Synopsis

February, 2011. In a small village of West Bengal - Swapna and Shucheta - two young women in love with each other - took their own lives, leaving a letter claiming love, life, recognition... a letter challenging violence, hate, invisibilisation. No one from their families came to claim their dead bodies. They died as they dared to love. Their bodies remained unclaimed by family and society. What if they were not dead but alive today? Like many other couples, Aparna-Kajlee from Bongaaon, Moyna-Bandana from Purulia... They died for love but still live among us. What if Swapna and Shucheta ran away and survived? How would their life together look like and their desire? If you dare Desire, is a film of possibilities. Beyond the domination of patriarchy and hetero-normativity, the women in love resist with their bodies, with their hearts. They live many lives. They die many deaths. They resist and they dream. In the daily struggles of a far-away village. In the dark glitters of a big city.

Actors

Farha Khatun
Farha Khatun
Swapna
Manisha Bilkis
Manisha Bilkis
Sucheta
Goutam Mukhopadhyay
Goutam Mukhopadhyay
Naren
Soma Sarkar
Soma Sarkar
Nafisa
Amit Saha
Amit Saha
Bikash
Manisha Adak
Manisha Adak
Rimjhim

Crews

Debalina Majumder
Debalina Majumder
Director
Susmita Sinha
Susmita Sinha
Story
Susmita Sinha
Susmita Sinha
Screenplay
Abhro Banerjee
Abhro Banerjee
Editor