Iti Srikanta

Iti Srikanta (2004)

A man torn between two women: a courtesan and a Vaishnavite.

The film portrays the disreputable life of Srikanta and his encounters with various women. After facing many failures in love he becomes a monk.

Date of release
2004-06-04
TMDB
9.7 / 10 (3)
Runtime
2h 5m
Genres
Drama
Director
Anjan Das

Casting

Interesting facts

Iti Srikanta is a 2004 Bengali period drama film directed by Anjan Das. This film is based on novelist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel, Srikanta (1917) In an interview in 2005, Das, director of the film, told about his depiction of the character Srikanta– "Several films have been made on Srikanta but all these had mainly dealt with specific chapters from Srikanta, the novel. I wanted to present the complete man — his inner conflict and turmoil over the two women in his life, torn between a baiji and a vaishnavi". He also felt, the crisis felt by Srikanta as shown in Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel are still relevant.

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