Bird of Dusk

Indian writer- director Rituparno Ghosh from Bengal is an larger than life cultural icon whose influence spread far beyond his films. This documentary is pegged on the director's own interviews and conversations (from archives) and his personal memoirs entitled First Person. Conversations with cast and crew feature Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Aparna Sen, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Nandita Das, Arjun Rampal, Konkona Sen and Mir. Ghosh's core crew cinematographer; Aveek Mukhopadhyay, editor Arghyakamal Mitra and music composer; Debajyoti Mishra discuss his craft of filmmaking. International festival curators (Berlin/London/Spain) endorse the filmmaker's position in the world cinescape. Rituparno lived and worked in the city of Kolkata which he loved dearly. His life and works are a product of his city and his culture. The story of Rituparno is interrelated to the changing cityscape of Kolkata as the film is shot over the course of a year. A young stage actor starts his inspired research on the filmmaker Ghosh. Finally, we see him perform the play Rituparno Ghosh at Tapan Theatre. Our film both shapes and is shaped by this search.