''Sohra Bridge'' is a

multilingual Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all E ...

Indian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

that conjures

magical realism Magical is the adjective for magic. It may also refer to: * Magical (horse) (foaled 2015), Irish Thoroughbred racehorse * "Magical" (song), released in 1985 by John Parr * '' Magical: Disney's New Nighttime Spectacular of Magical Celebrations'', ...

. This film was directed by

Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Bappaditya Bandopadhyay or Bappaditya Banerjee ( bn, বাপ্পাদিত্য ব্যানার্জী; 28 August 1970 – 7 November 2015) was an Indian film director and poet. Career Bandopadhyay was the recipient of the Mo ...

and released in the banner of Homemade Films on 26 February 2016 posthumously of director. The movie's title is inspired by a bridge in

Cherrapunji Cherrapunji () or Sohra is a subdivisional town (Proposed District) East Khasi Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya. It is the traditional capital of ka ''hima'' Sohra (Khasi tribal kingdom). Sohra has often been credited as being t ...

near East

Khasi hills The Khasi Hills () is a low mountain formation on the Shillong Plateau in Meghalaya state of India. The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi-Jaintia range and connects with the Purvanchal Range and larger Patkai Range further east. Khasi Hill ...

Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of As ...

. The dialogue of the film is in

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

, Assamese and

Khasi Khasi may refer to: * Khasi people, an ethnic group of Meghalaya, India * Khasi language, a major Austroasiatic language spoken in Meghalaya, India * Khāṣi language, an Indo-Aryan language of Jammu and Kashmir, India See also * Khasi Hills * Gh ...

Plot

The movie tells a story of a girl who embarks on a liberating journey across the remote expanses of

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, searching for her estranged father. While searching, she goes on a trip to Sohra. Some of the events that happen there may be real or may be her imagination. She wanders about to address issues left unresolved by her father.

Cast

Barun Chanda Barun Chanda is an Indian Bengali advertising professional, actor and author based in the city of Kolkata. He is mostly remembered for his role in Satyajit Ray's '' Seemabaddha''. Biography Chanda was born in Dhaka in present day Bangladesh, ...

as Ria's father *

Niharika Singh Niharika Singh is an Indian actress and producer. She began her career as a model and won the title of Miss Earth India in 2005. As an actor, she made her debut with the critically acclaimed drama ''Miss Lovely'' which competed in ''Un Certain ...

as Ria *

Nishita Goswami Nishita Goswami is an Indian actress who works in Assamese language films. She has acted in a number of Assamese films and stage dramas. Personal life Goswami is Assamese and is the daughter of actress Moloya Goswami and Pradip Goswami. She ...

* Moumita Mitra * Paul Phukan * Merlvin J Mukhim * Pratik Sen as Asish * Raj Banerjee

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 5524888 2016 films 2016 multilingual films Films set in Assam Indian multilingual films Magic realism films Films directed by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films 2010s Assamese-language films