Title of film : Abraham
Director Name : Konarak Mukherjee
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Producer : Amartya Sankar Chakrabarty
Editor : Nivedita Halder
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Synopsis : This is an interpretation of the mythical tale of Abraham, delving into the dark and macabre world of religious fanaticism and dogma. God is wrathful and His judgement is upon our world. God would burn down the sinful and decadent human civilisation to the ground. He, the preferred child of the lord, pleaded with God in order to delay the apocalypse and took up the task of ridding the civilisation of sin... One sinner at a time.
Director Bio : Born in 1987 to government servant parents, Konarak Mukherjee was introduced to the world of literary fiction from an early age by his librarian mother. The inclination for storytelling took root early on but the intention of coming into the world of movie-making didn’t come to the forefront until he was moved drastically by Anthony Minghella’s ‘The English Patient’. Upon completing his Bachelor’s Degree with Economics Hons. From Presidency Collage, he started directing short fictions and documentaries and editing television programs as a freelancer. He also had the opportunity to assist noted documentary movie-maker Soumitra Dastidar and organize several documentary festivals in his hometown of Kolkata. In 2011, in order to learn the craft in more details, he enrolled in Roopkala Kendro, a Film and Social Communication Institute under the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal. He studied direction and screen-writing and has completed his diploma course. Abraham is his first feature-length movie.
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