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{{short description|Indian anime-influenced animated film}}
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| runtime        = 90 minutes
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'''''Karmachakra: Episode Zero''''', also referred to simply as '''''Karmachakra''''' ({{lit|Wheel of Fate}}), is an original [[Mystery film|mystery]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] [[India|Indian]] [[Anime-influenced animation|anime-influenced animated film]] produced by Studio Durga. Billed as the first independent [[Indian animation industry|Indian anime production]],<ref name="timesofindia_aug2020">{{Cite web|title=Youngsters gear up to present a made-in-India anime - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/youngsters-gear-up-to-present-a-made-in-india-anime/articleshow/77554838.cms|access-date=2021-02-03|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> the project was first announced in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Karmachakra, India's FIRST Anime Movie Will Release Soon|url=https://animemotivation.com/karmachakra-indian-anime-movie/|access-date=2021-02-10|website=animemotivation.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> Production was completed in 2020. ''Karmachakra: Episode Zero'' is planned to be the first of a series of three ''Karmachakra'' films.<ref name="Studio Durga tweet">{{cite web |last1=Studio Durga |url=https://twitter.com/StudioDurga/status/1332762319483527173 |website=Twitter |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="Crunchyroll">{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Manas B. |title=INTERVIEW: Rajorshi Basu on Creating Studio Durga and the State of Anime in India |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2021/01/17/interview-rajorshi-basu-on-creating-studio-durga-and-the-state-of-anime-in-india |website=Crunchyroll |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>


A 20-minute pilot was released on [[YouTube]] in February 2020.<ref name="hindustantimes_sep2020">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-18|title=A Delhi studio is making Indian anime films that look deliciously Japanese|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/a-delhi-studio-is-making-indian-anime-films-that-look-deliciously-japanese/story-fod4YckcZdkw4bMLQ42qYK.html|access-date=2021-02-03|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
'''''Karmachakra''''' ({{translation|Wheel of Fate}}) also known as '''''Karmachakra: Episode Zero''''' is an [[anime-influenced animation|anime-influenced]] original [[Mystery film|mystery]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] [[India]]n [[animation|animated film]] produced by Studio Durga. Billed as the first independent [[Indian animation industry|Indian anime production]],<ref name="timesofindia_aug2020">{{Cite news|title=Youngsters gear up to present a made-in-India anime - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/youngsters-gear-up-to-present-a-made-in-india-anime/articleshow/77554838.cms|access-date=2021-02-03|website=The Times of India|date=15 August 2020 }}</ref> the project was first announced in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Karmachakra, India's FIRST Anime Movie Will Release Soon|url=https://animemotivation.com/karmachakra-indian-anime-movie/|access-date=2021-02-10|website=animemotivation.com|date=14 July 2020 }}</ref> Production was completed in 2020. ''Karmachakra: Episode Zero'' is planned to be the first of a series of three ''Karmachakra'' films.<ref>{{cite tweet|name=Durga Studio|user=StudioDurga|title=Update for those that missed ✨|date=29 Nov 2020|number=1332762319483527173}}</ref><ref name="Crunchyroll">{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Manas B. |title=INTERVIEW: Rajorshi Basu on Creating Studio Durga and the State of Anime in India |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2021/01/17/interview-rajorshi-basu-on-creating-studio-durga-and-the-state-of-anime-in-india |website=Crunchyroll |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>


==Plot==
A 20-minute pilot was released on [[YouTube]] in February 2020.<ref name="hindustantimes_sep2020">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-18|title=A Delhi studio is making Indian anime films that look deliciously Japanese|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/a-delhi-studio-is-making-indian-anime-films-that-look-deliciously-japanese/story-fod4YckcZdkw4bMLQ42qYK.html|access-date=2021-02-03|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
A young orphan girl tries to find her roots by solving the mysteries of her past and present.
 
==Premise==
Set in urban Indian state West Bengal's capital city of Kolkata, an orphaned girl Ganga is embodied into finding her parents and her roots while coping up with her present situations. What starts out as a search for the past begins digging up more sinister fragments of mysticism, psychology and cryptography. Battling the unanswered questions, Ganga is sworn to find the truth of her ordeal and events leading to her mystery, which might also reveal several webs of connections en route.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Barun Chanda]] as Gomes
* [[Barun Chanda]] as Gomes
* Shamik Sinha as Ronnie
* Shamik Sinha as Ronnie
* Rajorshi Basu as Rick<ref name="আকাঙ্ক্ষা「Karmachakra : Episode Zero」ED">{{cite web |title=আকাঙ্ক্ষা「Karmachakra : Episode Zero」ED「AKANKHA / Rajorshi Basu ft. Rupankar Bagchi, Tanisha, Disha」 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZvvtU1ed-g |website=Youtube |publisher=Studio Durga |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>
* Rajorshi Basu as Rick<ref name="আকাঙ্ক্ষা「Karmachakra : Episode Zero」ED">{{cite web |title=আকাঙ্ক্ষা「Karmachakra : Episode Zero」ED「AKANKHA / Rajorshi Basu ft. Rupankar Bagchi, Tanisha, Disha」 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZvvtU1ed-g |website=Youtube | date=14 February 2020 |publisher=Studio Durga |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>
 
== Release ==
There were some official confirmation that it may release in 2021, but now it looks like there could be a delay.


==References==
==References==
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*[https://www.studiodurga.com/karmachakra Official website]
*[https://www.studiodurga.com/karmachakra Official website]


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Latest revision as of 19:06, 10 March 2026


Karmachakra
Karmachakra poster
Directed byRajorshi Basu
Produced byRajorshi Basu
Written byRajorshi Basu
Production
company
Durga Studio
Running time
90 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Karmachakra (transl. Wheel of Fate) also known as Karmachakra: Episode Zero is an anime-influenced original mystery drama Indian animated film produced by Studio Durga. Billed as the first independent Indian anime production,[1] the project was first announced in 2017.[2] Production was completed in 2020. Karmachakra: Episode Zero is planned to be the first of a series of three Karmachakra films.[3][4]

A 20-minute pilot was released on YouTube in February 2020.[5]

Premise[edit | edit source]

Set in urban Indian state West Bengal's capital city of Kolkata, an orphaned girl Ganga is embodied into finding her parents and her roots while coping up with her present situations. What starts out as a search for the past begins digging up more sinister fragments of mysticism, psychology and cryptography. Battling the unanswered questions, Ganga is sworn to find the truth of her ordeal and events leading to her mystery, which might also reveal several webs of connections en route.

Cast[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Youngsters gear up to present a made-in-India anime - Times of India". The Times of India. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Karmachakra, India's FIRST Anime Movie Will Release Soon". animemotivation.com. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ↑ @StudioDurga (29 November 2020). "Update for those that missed ✨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ↑ Sharma, Manas B. "INTERVIEW: Rajorshi Basu on Creating Studio Durga and the State of Anime in India". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "A Delhi studio is making Indian anime films that look deliciously Japanese". Hindustan Times. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "আকাঙ্ক্ষা「Karmachakra : Episode Zero」ED「AKANKHA / Rajorshi Basu ft. Rupankar Bagchi, Tanisha, Disha」". Youtube. Studio Durga. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

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