KHELA JAKHON
Director: Malyaban Ash
Language: Bengali
Year: 2023
Duration: 48
Producer: Malyaban Ash
Director Statement:
Writers: Malyaban Ash
Cinematographer Name: Susanta Adhikary
Editor Name: Susanta Adikary & Aritra Dutta Banik
Producers: Malyaban Ash
Key Cast:
Other Credits: Music by Pratyay Raha
Screenings / Awards List of Film Festivals, KHELA JAKHON got Official Selection and screened :
1.28th KOLKATA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (KIFF)
2. 8th Delhi International Film Festival (DIFF)
3. Kenya International Sports Film Festival
4. Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival
5. 14th Bangalore Short Film Festival
6. Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival
7. 3rd South Asian Short Film Festival
8. 8th Kolkata International Children’s Film Festival(KICFF)
9. UVT Standalone Film Festival & Awards – USA
10. Kaaryat International Film Festival of India – Jaipur
11. First-Time Filmmaker Sessions – UK
Synopsis
KHELA JAKHON – It’s a Documentary Film on extinct or rather endangered species of Folklore Games of Bengal. This Film deals with the nature and process of some extinct folklore games of Bengal. Some old games that enriched the childhood of Bengal from earlier times is becoming endangered day by day, this film mainly talks about these folklore games from various perspectives. It mostly deals with the nostalgia of a lost childhood.