Kantatar - Barbed Wire

Kantatar - Barbed Wire (2006)

কাঁটাতার

Illegal immigrant

Kantatar (Barbed Wire) revolves around the journey of Sudha (Sreelekha Mitra), a socio-political-love drama, Kantatar centers on an illegal immigrant's search for identity and her effort to survive sake and in search of an identity, moves from one man to another and from one religion to another. The sudden threat of cross border terrorism entirely changes the socio-political situation in a remote village close to the frontier, the army rolls into town, and the drastic changes take their toll on inter-personal relationships as they are marred by suspicion, competition and fear. Sudha takes refuge in a temporary weather camp just outside the village.

Date of release
2006-01-26
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Drama
Director
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay

Casting

Interesting facts

Kantatar is a 2005 Bengali film directed by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, featuring Sreelekha Mitra, Sudip Mukherjee, and Rudranil Ghosh. It received NETPAC Award at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema, 2007 for its deceptively simple style with which the complex situation of people trapped in a state of permanent displacement is exposed.

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