Char… the No Man’s Island

Synopsis

Meet Rubel, fourteen-years-old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh. Everyday he crosses the international border, river Ganga, which eroded his home in mainland India when he was just four. Years later a fragile island called Char formed within the large river. Rubel’s family and many homeless people settled in this barren field controlled by border army. He dreams of going to his old school in India but reality forces him to smuggle stuff to Bangladesh. He fights on while monsoon clouds arrive inviting flood, the river swells up again.

Director Biography

Sourav Sarangi studied editing at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He edits, writes, directs and produces in the fiction and non-fiction genres. His film credits include his award-winning debut film TUSUKATHA and his documentary BILAL that travelled to over 50 international festivals and won 17 awards.