Rimjhim@Chhath by Sankha

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2023 | Documentary | Bengali | 10 mins.

Looking at Chhat Puja, the largest festival of the Bihari community, from the point of view of a transgender dancer Rimjhim. She is hired to dance during the festival by a family in Jagatdal, a suburban town of Kolkata where a huge migrant Bihari community lives for more than a century to work in the jute mills.

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Surbhi Dewan Surbhi Dewan,
Curator at ViewFinder, Saachibaat.com
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