Bangla director captures mythological Eklavya's story on film
A slice of the epic 'Mahabharata' featuring the story of Eklavya's sacrifice of his thumb as a gift for his guru Dronacharya is being enacted in a contemporary setting deep inside the jungles of a remote place in Bangladesh's Sherpur district clos...
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: A slice of the epic 'Mahabharata' featuring the story of Eklavya's sacrifice of his thumb as a gift for his guru Dronacharya is being enacted in a contemporary setting deep inside the jungles of a remote place in Bangladesh's Sherpur district close to the border with India.
It is an effort to translate into celluloid a dream young international award-winning Bangladeshi director Abu Sayeed, who won a special jury award for his previous film 'Nirontor' at the International Film Festival of India in Goa in 2006, has been cherishing for the last three years.
The story of Eklavya is the subject of Sayeed's latest film 'Rupantor' (Transformation) in which he seeks to show metamorphosis of political and military power through the centuries.
Through contemporary characters, Rupantor delves into a story from the epic. In the film, Arif, a young filmmaker, is set to make a movie on the story of Ekalavya and his guru dakshina to Dronacharya. Shaila is Arif's assistant.
According to Mahabharata, Dronacharya wanted Ekalavya's right thumb for his "guru dakshina", which ended the possibility of the latter becoming a formidable archer.
While shooting the film, Arif comes into contact with Santhals who tell him that the thumb is not necessary to be able to shoot an arrow. It is the index and middle fingers that are used in archery.
Then, why did Dronacharya ask Eklavya to sacrifice his thumb? Arif and Shaila become perplexed and go deep into the story and reach a new reality.
It is an effort to translate into celluloid a dream young international award-winning Bangladeshi director Abu Sayeed, who won a special jury award for his previous film 'Nirontor' at the International Film Festival of India in Goa in 2006, has been cherishing for the last three years.
The story of Eklavya is the subject of Sayeed's latest film 'Rupantor' (Transformation) in which he seeks to show metamorphosis of political and military power through the centuries.
Through contemporary characters, Rupantor delves into a story from the epic. In the film, Arif, a young filmmaker, is set to make a movie on the story of Ekalavya and his guru dakshina to Dronacharya. Shaila is Arif's assistant.
According to Mahabharata, Dronacharya wanted Ekalavya's right thumb for his "guru dakshina", which ended the possibility of the latter becoming a formidable archer.
While shooting the film, Arif comes into contact with Santhals who tell him that the thumb is not necessary to be able to shoot an arrow. It is the index and middle fingers that are used in archery.
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Then, why did Dronacharya ask Eklavya to sacrifice his thumb? Arif and Shaila become perplexed and go deep into the story and reach a new reality.
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