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{{short description|2012 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Tasher Desh (The Land of Cards)
| image = Tasher Desh.png
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Qaushiq Mukherjee]], known as 'Q'
| producer = NFDC (India) / Overdose Art Pvt Ltd / Dream Digital Inc / Anurag Kashyap Films / Entre Chien Et Loup
| writer = Q/ Surojit Sen
| screenplay = Q/ Surojit Sen
| story = Rabindranath Tagore
| based_on = {{based on|Tasher Desh|Rabindranath Tagore}}
| starring = Anubrata Joyraj [[Tillotama Shome]] Rii Tinu Verghis Immaduddin Shah / Soumyak Kanti
| music = Neel Adhikari/ Miti Adhikari
| cinematography = [[Manuel Dacosse]]/ Q
| editing = Nikon
| distributor = NFDC (India) / Insomnia World sales
| released = {{Film date|2012|11|11|[[Rome]]|ref1=<ref>{{cite news|last=Sen|first=Zinia|title=Q plays the Roman card|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-14/news-interviews/35111635_1_cinema-xxi-rome-international-film-festival-tasher-desh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222020557/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-14/news-interviews/35111635_1_cinema-xxi-rome-international-film-festival-tasher-desh|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 February 2013|accessdate=2 December 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 November 2012}}</ref>|2013|08|23|[[India]]|ref2=<ref name="tasher">{{Cite web |url=http://tollywoodhamaka.com/news/qs-tasher-desh-aims-an-august-release.html |title=Q's Tasher Desh aims an August release |access-date=11 August 2013 |archive-date=22 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422071729/http://tollywoodhamaka.com/news/qs-tasher-desh-aims-an-august-release.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>|df=y}}
| runtime = 114 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Tasher Desh''''' ({{translation|The Land of Cards}}) is a 2012 [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-language [[fantasy film]] directed by [[Qaushiq Mukherjee|Q]]. The film has been described as a "trippy adaptation" of the 1933 [[Rabindrath Tagore]] play of the same name by Indian media. It begins with a nihilist playwright searching where the play, 'Tasher Desh' by Rabindranath Tagore is being played. He goes to major play theatres in Kolkata like The Academy of Fine Arts but no one has a show of Tasher Desh in the near time. He finally writes his own adapted script of the play by Tagore and completely immerses himself into it. Most of the dialogues and all the songs in the film are from the original play by Tagore while director Q is picturising himself as the playwright.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tasher Desh trailer creates a buzz|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/tasher-desh-trailer-creates-a-buzz/articleshow/17293106.cms|access-date=2 December 2012|newspaper=Times of India|date=20 November 2012}}</ref> It features Soumyak Kanti De Biswas, [[Anubrata Basu]], [[Tillotama Shome]], Rii, Joyraj Bhattacharjee, [http://www.theartfarm.in Tinu Verghis], and [[Immaduddin Shah]] in the lead roles.<ref name=toipreview>{{cite web|title=Dasher Desh|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/previews/Tasher-Desh-House-of-Cards/articleshow/17292434.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822094537/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-20/previews/35227138_1_prince-tasher-desh-friend|url-status=live|archive-date=22 August 2013|access-date=2 December 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=20 November 2012}}</ref> Tasher Desh made its international premiere on 11 November 2012 at the 7th [[Rome International Film Festival]].<ref name=riff>{{cite news|title='Tasher Desh' to have world premier at Rome film fest|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/news-interviews/Tasher-Desh-to-have-world-premier-at-Rome-film-fest/articleshow/17113818.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822113950/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-06/news-interviews/34947750_1_international-film-indian-film-tasher-desh|url-status=live|archive-date=22 August 2013|access-date=2 December 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=6 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bollywood turns our collective brains into chicken-feed: Director Q|url=http://zeenews.india.com/exclusive/bollywood-turns-our-collective-brains-into-chicken-feed-director-q_5840.html|accessdate=2 December 2012|newspaper=Zee News|date=25 November 2012}}</ref> The film had its release in India on 23 August 2013.<ref name="tasher"/>

==Plot==
The story is of a prince who escapes his destiny, the prison of his mind. He lands on a fascist island and incites women to revolt. It is a psychedelic fantasy about destiny and humanity, social control and Utopian revolution.

==Cast==
* [[Tillotama Shome]] as Queen
* [[Imaad Shah]] as Ruiton
* [[Anubrata Basu]] as Friend
* [[Rii Sen]] as Horotoni / Widow
* Maya Tideman as Tekkani
* Soumyak Kanti De Biswas as Prince
* Joyraj Bhattacharjee as Storyteller / Tash King
* Tinu Verghis as Oracle

==Soundtrack==

*"Ami Phul Tulite Elem" - [[Anusheh Anadil]]
*"Amar Mon Bole Chai" - Qaushiq Mukherjee
*"Amra Nuton Jouboneri" - Neel Adhikari
*"Bnadh Bhenge Dao" - Qaushiq Mukherjee, Tanaji, Neel, Damini, Kamalika
*"Bolo Shokhi Bolo" - [[Sahana Bajpaie]]
*"Cholo Niyom Mote" - Qaushiq Mukherjee, Tanaji, Neel, Damini, Kamalika
*"Elem Notun Deshe" - Qaushiq Mukherjee
*"Ghorete Bhromor Elo" - [[Anusheh Anadil]]
*"Gopono Kothati" - Susheela Raman, Qaushiq Mukherjee
*"Hey Nobina" - Qaushiq Mukherjee
*"Ichhe Ichhe" - Qaushiq Mukherjee, Neel, Damini, Kamalika
*"Jaboi" - Qaushiq Mukherjee
*"Khara Bayu Boye Bege" - Qaushiq Mukherjee, Neel, Damini, Kamalika
*"Ogo Shanto" - Qaushiq Mukherjee
*"Tash Anthem" - Qaushiq Mukherjee, Tanaji, Neel, Damini, Kamalika
*"Tolon Namon" - Qaushiq Mukherjee, Tanaji, Neel, Damini, Kamalika
*"Tomar Payer Tolaye" - Qaushiq Mukherjee
*"Utol Hawa" - [[Anusheh Anadil]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2261700}}
* [http://www.filmscoop.it/cgi-bin/recensioni/ilregnodellecarte.asp Recensione il regno delle carte (2012)]

{{Anurag Kashyap}}

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[[Category:2012 films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
[[Category:2012 Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:2012 fantasy films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Films shot in India]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore]]
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]
[[Category:Indian fantasy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Qaushiq Mukherjee]]

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