Like many, Kasturi and Dwaipayan, an independent documentary filmmaker couple, were shell-shocked when the 2019 election results came out, especially by the huge surge in support for right-wing politics in West Bengal. From then on, they dedicated themselves totally to building long-term socio-cultural fronts to resist the neo-fascist right-wing hegemony. Using their forte in documentary film-making, they delved into making a unique documentary, called A Bid for Bengal, which not only captures this unprecedented phenomenon in its current avatar, but explores the deep rooted connection between Bengal and right-wing ideologies in a not-so-distant past. Their objective approach demonstrates how the gory, forgotten communal history of Bengal is being used systematically to achieve certain political goals currently for a desperate electoral conquest.

Hosted by: Mekhla Bhowmick and Pratyay Mukherjee

Links:

- Bid for Bengal can be watched here https://www.watchmyfilm.com/movie/a-bid-for-bengal

- No Vote to BJP Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1787669114743370

- Rokeya Sikkha Kendra Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rokeya.shiksha.kendra

- People’s Film Collective Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeoplesFilmCollective

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