Kalpavigyan: A Speculative Journey
09/09/2021
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.
Movie Information
Barnita Bagchi
as Self
Adrish Bardhan
as Self
Sumit Bardhan
as Self
Enakhhi Chattopadhyay
as Self
Amitananda Das
as Self
Anish Deb
as Self
Ranen Ghosh
as Self
Riju Ganguly
as Self
Abhijit Gupta
as Self
Anwesha Maity
as Self
Sandip Ray
as Self
Abhijnan Roychowdhury
as Self
Moumita Sen
as Self
Anindya Sengupta
as Self
J.K. Chattopadhyay
as Voiceover
