An Obsolete Altar

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{{EngvarB|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = An Obsolete Altar
| image = An Obsolete Altar Poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Hyash Tanmoy, Mrigankasekhar Ganguly
| producer = Hyash Tanmoy
| writer = Hyash Tanmoy, Mrigankasekhar Ganguly
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Achalayatan (play)|Achalayatan]]''|[[Rabindranath Tagore]]}}
| narrator = Rabindranath Tagore
| starring = Avinandan Bhadra, Anirban Paul
| music = Inam Hussain
| cinematography = Joydeep Banerjee
| editing = Mrigankasekhar Ganguly, Ansuman
| distributor = Hyash Tanmoy from ZERO DEGREE ARTS
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|09|21|Eastern Breeze International Film Festival}}
| runtime = 16 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[English language|English]], [[Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| budget = 500 INR
}}

'''''An Obsolete Altar''''' is a 2013 short film is inspired by the 1912 play ''Achalayatan'' written by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. The film has been officially selected for International competition as the only Indian film at the Eastern Breeze International Film Festival in [[Canada]] and Up and Coming Film Festival in Hannover, [[Germany]], has selected the film, out of 2,982 films submitted from 54 countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/A-film-at-Rs-500-awaiting-a-ticket-to-Germany/Article1-1128985.aspx |title=A film at Rs. 500, awaiting a ticket to Germany |date=30 September 2013 |work=Hindustan Times |accessdate=30 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930112346/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/A-film-at-Rs-500-awaiting-a-ticket-to-Germany/Article1-1128985.aspx |archivedate=30 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIKM/2013/09/30&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar00400 |title= Rape film goes international |date= 30 September 2013|work=The Times of India |accessdate=30 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=7096&boxid=1459946 |title= পাঁচশো টাকায় ষোল মিনিটের ছবি৷ |date= 19 October 2013|work=Ei Samay |accessdate=19 October 2013}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bartamanpatrika.com/archive/2013/september/200913/content/rajya.htm |title=৫০০ টাকায়, পাঁচদিনে স্বল্পদৈর্ঘের ছবি তৈরি করে বাজিমাত করল খড়দহ-আগরপাড়ার 'যুব ব্রিগেড' |date=20 September 2013 |work=Bartaman |accessdate=20 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610212530/http://bartamanpatrika.com/archive/2013/september/200913/content/rajya.htm |archivedate=10 June 2015 }}</ref>

==Plot==
Rape is a social cancer. Woman is victimized in everywhere. The country is roaring. The intellects are walking with candles. The government pay the allowances to the victim. The opposition are taking the advantages. The process of purgation has been already started. The media get excited with the justice. But, what will happen if the victim is not a female?

==Cast==
*Jagriti (Avinandan) Bhadra as Genital (It) Victim of rape
*Anirban Laulaa as Alter ego of Genital (It)
*Joydeep Banerjee as Panchak
*Mriganka sekhar Ganguly as Mahapanchak
*Anand Singh as Rapist
*Tannistha Bhattacharya as Journalist
*Satyajit Biswas as Intellect
*Arunava Barman as Allegorical Artist (Dancer)
*Subhasish Acharya as Allegorical Artist (Dancer)
*Swagata Das as Victim of rape
*Soumik Goswami as Allegorical Artist (Dancer)
*Biswajit Gayen as Allegorical Artist (Dancer)
*Sudipta Das as Allegorical Artist (Dancer)
*Saheli Das as Victim of rape
*Hyash Tanmoy as Photojournalist

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=3102278|title=An Obsolete Altar}}
*[http://www.newfilmmakersonline.com/title.aspx?levelID=92652&assetID=6291 newfilmmakersonline]
*[http://www.up-and-coming.de/News.71.0.html?&no_cache=1&L=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=292 Selected film in Up and Coming International Film Festival Hannover]
*[http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/789348/ kinopoisk]
*[http://easternbreeze.ca/selected-films/ Selected film in Eastern Breeze International Film Festival Canada]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130930112346/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/A-film-at-Rs-500-awaiting-a-ticket-to-Germany/Article1-1128985.aspx Hindusthan Times Reported on An Obsolete Altar]

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[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Indian independent films]]
[[Category:Films shot in India]]
[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian short films]]

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