Shilpantar 2002

Shilpantar is a 2002 Indian Bengali drama film released on 2002. The film is directed by Bappaditya Bandyopadhyay, produced by Bappaditya Bandyopadhyay.

The flims depicts the story of a village canvas painter(patua). He is bit queer, instead of pleasing landscapes and images he always ends up drawing ghastly and disturbing images. The loner one day comes across a circus woman in a village fair. The woman is called the ghoul woman as she devoured raw live creatures like snakes and hens. Nibaran, the painters is amazed and awestruck seeing her tricks . He decides to free her and promises to marry her. After marriage he asks her to teach him the art of her trick. She revealed that it was no art but hunger that forced her to do it. Nibaran is not satisfied with the explanation. He leaves her in a huff saying he would learn the trick on his own. He returns after learning to devour litle creatures. However he even surpasses her and starts chewing his own fingers/hands. Terrified and unable and to bear this, his wife runs out of the house. The flim ends with transformation of man from one skill/ art to another.

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