The film attempts to negotiate with the duality that is associated with the ceremonial veneration of the Mother Goddess Kali- the presiding deity of Calcutta. It delves into the subliminal layers of consciousness, underlying the ritual of Kali worship. The film ruminates on the nuanced trans-sexuality that is prevalent in the ceremonial performance of male devotees cross-dressing as Kali, in an act of obsessive devotion.
Credits
Directed, produced & written by: Ashish Avikunthak
Cinematography: Srisha Ray
Editing: Neeraj Voralia
Sound: Atanu Sinha
Performer: Kaushik Gangopadhya
Selected Screenings
*Best Documentary, Tampere Film Festival, 2001
2014 Plan9, Gallery Fotografic, Prague
2014 Rice University Chao Film Festival, Houston
2014 Black Sun, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi
2011 Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
2011 Generation in Transition. New Art from India, Zacheta National Gallery for Art, Warsaw
2010 Artprojx, London
2007 Sommerszene, Salzburg
2007 Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham
2007 Cornerhouse, Manchester
2006 The Hat Factory, Luton
2006 The Peepul Centre, Leicester
2006 Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge
2006 Arnolfini, Bristol
2006 Watermans, Brentford
2006 Bite The Mango! Festival, Bradford
2006 MAC Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
2006 Tate Modern, London
2006 Centre George Pompidou, Paris
2006 Espace Croise, Roubaix
2005 South Asian Film Festival, Seattle
2005 Scratch Projects, Paris
2004 Experimenta, Bombay & New Delhi
2003 Queer Filmistan, San Francisco
2002 New York Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
2001 Los Angles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
2001 Tampere Film Festival
2000 Chingari Video Fest, Madison
2000 London Film Festival
Technical Specifications
Color: Color
Format: 35mm
Runtime: 22 minutes
Year: 1999