''Karmachakra'' () also known as ''Karmachakra: Episode Zero'' is an anime-influenced original

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produced by Studio Durga. Billed as the first independent Indian anime production, the project was first announced in 2017. Production was completed in 2020. ''Karmachakra: Episode Zero'' is planned to be the first of a series of three ''Karmachakra'' films. A 20-minute pilot was released on

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in February 2020.

Premise

Set in urban Indian state West Bengal's capital city of Kolkata, an orphaned girl Ganga is embodied into finding her parents, her roots while coping up with her present situations. What starts out as a search for past begins digging up more sinister fragments of mysticism, psychology and cryptography. Battling the unanswered questions, Ganga is sworn to find the truth of her ordeal and events leading to her mystery, which might also reveal several webs of connections en route.

Cast

Swastika Mukherjee Swastika Mukherjee (born 13 December 1980) is an Indian actress and the daughter of the late Santu Mukhopadhyay. Mukherjee made her screen debut with ''Devdasi'', a Bengali TV series. She made her big screen debut with '' Hemanter Pakhi'' (20 ...

as Ganga *

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as Dr. Roy *

Tanusree Shankar Tanushree Shankar (born 16 March 1956) is an Indian dancer and choreographer. She is based in Kolkata, India. She was a leading dancer of the Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts in the 1970s and 1980s. She also acted in various films, ...

as Mita Di *

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as Arka *

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as Professor Sid *

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as Ghoshal *

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as Meghna * Swaroopa Ghosh as Madhavi * Alaknanda Roy as Mrs. Roy * Shaantilal Mukherjee as Gautam *

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as Gomes * Shamik Sinha as Ronnie * Rajorshi Basu as Rick

References

External links

Official website
Anime-influenced animation Anime in India Indian animated films Indian mystery drama films Bengali-language Indian films Hindi-language drama films Animated films about orphans {{India-film-stub