Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish

Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish is a 2012

Rudra Chatterjee (Rituparno Ghosh) has spent his life going against social convention. As a young man he defied his father's wishes, and became a choreographer instead of an engineer. As he prepares with his team to stage Tagore's Chitrangada, he meets Partho (Jisshu Sengupta) who is a drug-addict percussionist introduced to the team by the main dancer Kasturi (Raima Sen). Soon, Rudra develops a chemistry with Partho and they are deep into a passionate love affair. During the course of their relationship, they decide to adopt a child. But there is one problem: same-sex couples are not permitted to adopt children. So Rudra decides to go through a gender change treatment to embrace the womanhood he longs for. But will this surgery change his life and fulfill all his long-cherished dreams? The story ends with the line "Be What You Wish To Be".

Cast

• Rituparno Ghosh as Rudra "Khokon" Chatterjee
• Jisshu Sengupta^[3] as Partho, the percussionist
• Anjan Dutt as Subho
• Anashua Majumdar as Rudra's mother
• Deepankar De
  as Rudra's father
• Raima Sen as Kasturi in a guest appearance
• Aparajita Auddy as Mala in a guest appearance
• Kaushik Banerjee as Manish
• Sanjoy Nag (cameo appearance) as Rahul (Rudra's ex-boyfriend)

Awards

Special Jury Award at the 60th National Film Awards^[4]

References

External links

• Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish at
  IMDb