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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish<br />
| image = Chitrangada_The_Crowning_Wish.jpg<br />
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| caption = Theatrical poster of the film.<br />
| director = [[Rituparno Ghosh]]<br />
| producer = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]<br />
| writer = Rituparno Ghosh<br />
| starring = Rituparno Ghosh <br>[[Jisshu Sengupta]]<br />
| music = [[Debojyoti Mishra]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Abhik Mukhopadhyay]]<br />
| editing = [[Arghyakamal Mitra]]<br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=y|2012|05|25|[[New York Indian Film Festival]]|2012|08|31|India}}<br />
| runtime = 135 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Bengali<br />
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'''''Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish''''' is a 2012 [[Bengali language|Bengali-language]] film written and directed by [[Rituparno Ghosh]]. The film premiered on 25 May 2012 at the [[New York Indian Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NYIFF 2012 Centerpiece : Chitrangada|url=http://www.iaac.us/nyiff2012/centerpiece.htm|publisher=New York Indian Film Festival|access-date=5 August 2012}}</ref> The film tells the story of a choreographer who is struggling with his gender identity. It is loosely based on [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s play [[Chitra (play)|''Chitra'']]; which is [[Rabindranath Tagore|Tagore]]'s take on the story of [[Chitrāngadā]], a character from the ''[[Mahābhārata]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Roychoudhury|first=Amborish|title=Rituparno Ghosh and the enduring influence of Tagore|work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]|url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/rituparno-ghosh-and-the-enduring-influence-of-tagore-11598712796111.html}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Rudra Chatterjee ([[Rituparno Ghosh]]) has spent his life <br />
going against social convention. As a young man he defied his father's wishes, and became a choreographer instead of an engineer. As he prepares with his team to stage [[Rabindranath Tagore|Tagore]]'s ''[[Chitrāngadā#In fiction|Chitrangada]]'', he meets Partho ([[Jisshu Sengupta]]) who is a drug-addict percussionist introduced to the team by the main dancer Kasturi ([[Raima Sen]]). Soon, Rudra develops chemistry with Partho and they fall deep into a passionate love affair. During the course of their relationship, they decide to adopt a child. But there is one problem: same-sex couples are not permitted to adopt children. So Rudra decides to go through a gender change treatment to embrace the womanhood he longs for. But will this surgery change his life and fulfill all his long-cherished dreams? The story ends with the line "Be What You Wish To Be".<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Rituparno Ghosh]] as Rudra "Khokon" Chatterjee<br />
*[[Jisshu Sengupta]]<ref>{{cite news|title='Chitrangada' Indian premier at Osian festival|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chitrangadas-indian-premier-at-osian-festival/274972-8-66.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730022705/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chitrangadas-indian-premier-at-osian-festival/274972-8-66.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2012|access-date=5 August 2012|newspaper=IBN Live|date=26 July 2012}}</ref> as Partho, the percussionist<br />
*[[Anjan Dutt]] as Subho<br />
*[[Anashua Majumdar]] as Rudra's mother<br />
*[[Deepankar De]] as Rudra's father<br />
*[[Raima Sen]] as Kasturi in a guest appearance<br />
*[[Aparajita Auddy]] as Mala in a guest appearance<br />
*[[Kaushik Banerjee]] as Manish<br />
*[[Sanjoy Nag]] (cameo appearance) as Rahul (Rudra's ex-boyfriend)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
Special Jury Award at the [[60th National Film Awards]]<ref name="60thaward">{{cite press release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|2480566}}<br />
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