Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Kusum: The Flower Bud

Shumona BANERJEE 2010 India Fiction color 10min English, Bengali Beta SP
A young transvestite prostitute, Kusum, locks herself up in her room, gears up for a regular night like any other, but Purab, an out-of-job and, suicidal English literature teacher, enters. He just hopes to spend his last night with a girl but finds himself stuck with a boy! Both of them can’t understand what the other is saying due to the language barrier...

Director

Shumona BANERJEE

26-year-old Shumona BANERJEE is presently a second year student of Direction and Screenplay writing in Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata, India. She is also an alumnus of AFA 2008, Asian Film Academy, Pusan International Film festival. Before filmmaking, she has spent 8 years being under the spotlight, as a professional actress, contemporary dancer ,radio jockey, voice artist, anchor etc.

Director's Statement ▾

Shumona BANERJEE

2010 寶萊塢尋芳記 Kusum: The Flower Bud

Director: Shumona BANERJEE

Screenplay: Shumona BANERJEE

Cinematography: Raghavendra MATAM

Editing: Manas MITTAL

Sound: Abhik CHATTERJEE

Cast: Purab A.J

Language: English, Bengali

Print Source: Shumona BANERJEE

BANERJEE, Shumona

E-mail: shumonabanerjee@gmail.com