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	\| producer = Campfire Films Production		\| producer = Campfire Films Production
	\| cinematography = [[Indranil Mukherjee]]		\| cinematography = [[Indranil Mukherjee]]
	\| editing = [[~~Arghakamal~~ Mitra]]		\| editing = [[Arghyakamal Mitra]]
	\| released = 21 ~~November 2008~~		\| released = {{Film date\|2008\|11\|21\|df=yes}}
	\| country = [[India]]		\| country = [[India]]
	\| runtime = 125 mins		\| runtime = 125 mins
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	\| music = [[Debojyoti Mishra]]		\| music = [[Debojyoti Mishra]]
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	'''''Chaturanga''''' ({{~~trans~~\|Four Chapters}}) is a 2008 Indian [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]-language film directed by [[Suman Mukherjee]], starring [[Rituparna Sengupta]], [[Dhritiman Chaterji]], [[Subrata Dutta]], [[Joy Sengupta]] and [[Kabir Suman]].<ref>		'''''Chaturanga''''' ({{Translation\|Four Chapters}}) is a 2008 Indian [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]-language film directed by [[Suman Mukherjee]], starring [[Rituparna Sengupta]], [[Dhritiman Chaterji]], Subrata Dutta, [[Joy Sengupta]] and [[Kabir Suman]].<ref>
	{{cite web\|url=http://www.fest21.com/en/node/17251\|title=Film In Focus: CHATURANGA\|publisher=www.fest21.com		{{cite web\|url=http://www.fest21.com/en/node/17251\|title=Film In Focus: CHATURANGA\|publisher=www.fest21.com
	\|accessdate=2008-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.film.com/movies/chaturanga/22665712\|title=Chaturanga - Reviews, Movie Trailers, Cast & Crew. Movies at Film.com\|publisher=film.com\|accessdate=17 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/tagores-chaturanga-soon-on-celluloid/359249/\|title=Tagore's Chaturanga soon on celluloid - ScreenIndia.Com\|publisher=Screen India\|accessdate=17 November 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618123926/http://www.screenindia.com/news/tagores-chaturanga-soon-on-celluloid/359249/\|archivedate=18 June 2009\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Based on the 1916 novel, ''[[Chaturanga (Tagore novel)\|Chaturanga]]'', by author [[Rabindranath Tagore]] the film is about a love caught between conflicting worlds of ideas.		\|accessdate=2008-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.film.com/movies/chaturanga/22665712\|title=Chaturanga - Reviews, Movie Trailers, Cast & Crew. Movies at Film.com\|publisher=film.com\|accessdate=17 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/tagores-chaturanga-soon-on-celluloid/359249/\|title=Tagore's Chaturanga soon on celluloid - ScreenIndia.Com\|publisher=Screen India\|accessdate=17 November 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618123926/http://www.screenindia.com/news/tagores-chaturanga-soon-on-celluloid/359249/\|archivedate=18 June 2009\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Based on the 1916 novel, ''[[Chaturanga (Tagore novel)\|Chaturanga]]'', by author [[Rabindranath Tagore]] the film is about a love caught between conflicting worlds of ideas.
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	* [[Kabir Suman]] ... Lilananda		* [[Kabir Suman]] ... Lilananda
	* [[Trina Nileena Banerjee]] ... Nanibala		* [[Trina Nileena Banerjee]] ... Nanibala

	~~==Crew==~~
	* Screenplay & Direction [[Suman Mukhopadhyay]]
	* Cinematography [[Indranil Mukherjee]]
	* Editing [[Arghakamal Mitra]]
	* Music [[Debojyoti Mishra]]
	* Playback singers [[Shafqat Amanat Ali]], [[Kartick Das Baul]], [[Parama Banerjee]], [[Arijit Choudhury]]
	* Production Design [[Hiran Mitra]]
	* Costume Design [[Suchismita Dasgupta]]
	* Sound Design [[Jojo Chaki]] and [[Anirban Sengupta]] (Dream Digital)
	* Sound Consultant [[Sukanta Mazumdar]]
	* Subtitles and Consultant [[Anustup Basu]]
	* Production Controller [[Pritam Choudhury]]
	* Executive Producer [[Mallika Jalan]]
	* Producer Avik Saha, Vishal Jhajharia
	* Production Company Campfire Films

	==Music==		==Music==
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	#"Jagohu Brishobhanu" — Sri Bani Kumar Chatterjee & Chorus		#"Jagohu Brishobhanu" — Sri Bani Kumar Chatterjee & Chorus
	#"Hese Khele Nao Re Jogu" — Neel Mukherjee & Chorus		#"Hese Khele Nao Re Jogu" — Neel Mukherjee & Chorus
	#"Rupo Lagi Aankhi Jhure" — Raghab Chatterjee		#"Rupo Lagi Aankhi Jhure" — [[Raghab Chatterjee]]
	#"Joy Radhe Radhe" — Arijit Chakraborty & Chorus		#"Joy Radhe Radhe" — Arijit Chakraborty & Chorus
	#"Moula Tere Bina" — Shafqat Amaanat Ali & Chorus		#"Moula Tere Bina" — Shafqat Amaanat Ali & Chorus
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{~~imdb~~ title\|1264880\|title=Chaturanga}}		*{{IMDb title\|1264880\|title=Chaturanga}}
	*[http://www.chaturangathefilm.in/ Official Website]		*[http://www.chaturangathefilm.in/ Official Website]

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	[[Category:Films directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay]]		[[Category:Films directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay]]
	[[Category:Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore]]		[[Category:Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore]]
	[[Category:Memorials to Rabindranath Tagore]]		[[Category:Memorials to Rabindranath Tagore]]
	[[Category:Films scored by Debojyoti Mishra]]		[[Category:Films scored by Debojyoti Mishra]]

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Chaturanga
| image = Chaturanga.jpg
| caption = The poster for the film ''Chaturanga''
| director = [[Suman Mukherjee]]
| writer = [[Rabindranath Tagore]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Chaturanga (Tagore novel)|Chaturanga]]''|[[Rabindranath Tagore]]}}
| starring = [[Rituparna Sengupta]]<br />[[Dhritiman Chaterji]]<br />[[Subrat Dutta]]<br />[[Joy Sengupta]]<br />[[Kabir Suman]]
| producer = Campfire Films Production
| cinematography = [[Indranil Mukherjee]]
| editing = [[Arghakamal Mitra]]
| released = 21 November 2008
| country = [[India]]
| runtime = 125 mins
| language = Bengali
| music = [[Debojyoti Mishra]]
}}
'''''Chaturanga''''' ({{trans|Four Chapters}}) is a 2008 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-language film directed by [[Suman Mukherjee]], starring [[Rituparna Sengupta]], [[Dhritiman Chaterji]], [[Subrata Dutta]], [[Joy Sengupta]] and [[Kabir Suman]].<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.fest21.com/en/node/17251|title=Film In Focus: CHATURANGA|publisher=www.fest21.com
|accessdate=2008-11-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.film.com/movies/chaturanga/22665712|title=Chaturanga - Reviews, Movie Trailers, Cast & Crew. Movies at Film.com|publisher=film.com|accessdate=17 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/tagores-chaturanga-soon-on-celluloid/359249/|title=Tagore's Chaturanga soon on celluloid - ScreenIndia.Com|publisher=Screen India|accessdate=17 November 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618123926/http://www.screenindia.com/news/tagores-chaturanga-soon-on-celluloid/359249/|archivedate=18 June 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Based on the 1916 novel, ''[[Chaturanga (Tagore novel)|Chaturanga]]'', by author [[Rabindranath Tagore]] the film is about a love caught between conflicting worlds of ideas.

==Plot==
Set in Colonial Bengal at the turn of the twentieth century, the film weaves a rich tapestry of crisscrossing desires and moralities. The protagonist Sachish fleets from radical positivism to religious mysticism in his quest for life's meaning. However, his search ultimately yields nothing but crushing disillusionment. This is because he cannot square his abstract ideals with the powerful presences of two women in his life. One of them is Damini, a young Hindu widow, and the other is Nanibala, the abandoned mistress of Sachish's own brother. Sachish tries to convince himself that Nanibala is simply a helpless woman who needs to be 'rescued' by him. Similarly, during his later religious phase, he pretends that the widow Damini is merely an enticement of Nature that must be avoided at all costs for spiritual salvation. Chaturanga thus becomes, after a point, a psychodrama of cruelty. Nanibala becomes a victim of it because as a 'fallen woman' she can only be 'saved', but her humanity cannot be recognized. Damini is first given away by her dying husband, along with all her property, to a religious guru. She then falls in love with Sachish who can accept her only without her sexuality.

==Cast==
* [[Dhritiman Chaterji]] ... Uncle
* [[Rituparna Sengupta]] ... Damini
* [[Subrat Dutta]] ... Shachish
* [[Joy Sengupta]] ... Shribilash
* [[Kabir Suman]] ... Lilananda
* [[Trina Nileena Banerjee]] ... Nanibala

==Crew==
* Screenplay & Direction [[Suman Mukhopadhyay]]
* Cinematography [[Indranil Mukherjee]]
* Editing [[Arghakamal Mitra]]
* Music [[Debojyoti Mishra]]
* Playback singers [[Shafqat Amanat Ali]], [[Kartick Das Baul]], [[Parama Banerjee]], [[Arijit Choudhury]]
* Production Design [[Hiran Mitra]]
* Costume Design [[Suchismita Dasgupta]]
* Sound Design [[Jojo Chaki]] and [[Anirban Sengupta]] (Dream Digital)
* Sound Consultant [[Sukanta Mazumdar]]
* Subtitles and Consultant [[Anustup Basu]]
* Production Controller [[Pritam Choudhury]]
* Executive Producer [[Mallika Jalan]]
* Producer Avik Saha, Vishal Jhajharia
* Production Company Campfire Films

==Music==
The songs, especially those from the [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnav]] tradition, are erotic. The divine is expressed in them through allegorical depictions of the illicit love between [[Krishna]] and [[Radha]], who was actually his aunt. There is a radical side to this blend of eroticism and divinity. Radha's love for Krishna is beyond all social norms. It is directly expressed, without the priest or the [[Brahmin]] caste coming in between. When devotees sing and rejoice in that form of love, it is thus a popular and democratic process that defies caste divisions.

# "Allah Ke Nur—Shafqat" — Amaanat Ali & Chorus
#"Din Thakte Tiner Sadhan" — Kartick Das Baul
#"Bhajo Patito Udhadharana"— Arijit Chakraborty & Chorus
#"Hara Gauri Prananath" — Dohar
#"Esraj" — Instrumental
#"Hari Haraye Nama" — Monomoy Chakraborty & Chorus
#"Jagohu Brishobhanu" — Sri Bani Kumar Chatterjee & Chorus
#"Hese Khele Nao Re Jogu" — Neel Mukherjee & Chorus
#"Rupo Lagi Aankhi Jhure" — Raghab Chatterjee
#"Joy Radhe Radhe" — Arijit Chakraborty & Chorus
#"Moula Tere Bina" — Shafqat Amaanat Ali & Chorus
#"Nirodo Nayane" — Santa Das
#"Background Music" — Instrumental
#"Praner Majhe Sudha (Hum)" — Parama Banerjee
#"Radha Madhabo" — Kabir Suman & Chorus
#"Aalo Je Amar Gaan Kore" — Parama Banerjee

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{imdb title|1264880|title=Chaturanga}}
*[http://www.chaturangathefilm.in/ Official Website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaturanga (Film)}}
[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore]]
[[Category:Memorials to Rabindranath Tagore]]
[[Category:Films scored by Debojyoti Mishra]]