Chitrangada is a character of Indian mythology, who was born as a girl but raised as a man. She didn't know that she was a woman. Chitrangada met Arjun in the forest and seeing him, she 'wishes' to be a woman.

Rituporno Ghosh based his movie on this context. We see him playing the main role. I always find Rituporno's movies so distinct and beautiful. This one touched me even more.

A good movie is what you don't watch, you experience. And I did. The opening gave me a thrill with the dance play and the Tagore music playing on the background.

A bit of Tagore, a bit of mythology and Rituporno in his best- glued me to the screen.

This genre required as much a subtle love that only Ang Lee could as it required the dramatic turmoils that only Rituparno Ghosh could bring on screen. It's an all time best of the genre, at par with Brokeback Mountain if not beyond .

A contemporary transformation of Tagore's move dramatization of a similar name. Individuals charge this to be semi self-portraying as well, however I think this is the best moderate copy of his whole filmography. Ghosh acted here as lead; a theater chief with numerous interior and outer battles in his day to day existence, family and work. What's more, the two supporting leads - Anjan Dutt and Jishu Sengupta - did very well to fit in the story which is really about the lead. I recommend to peruse a little about Ghosh's life and the real play prior to watching this multi layered film.