THE CHURNING OF KALKI

KALKIMANTHANKATHA

By Ashish AVIKUNTHAK

WELTFILM GMBH - as PROD

Art - Culture - Completed 2015


    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Art - Culture, Drama, Social issues
    • Countries
    • INDIA, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • BENGALI, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 79 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ashish AVIKUNTHAK
    • Writer(s)
    • Ashish AVIKUNTHAK
    • Producer(s)
    • Ashish AVIKUNTHAK (Avikunthak), Kristina KONRAD (WELTFILM GMBH)
    • Synopsis
    • Following the footsteps of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot", two actor from Calcutta go to the largest gathering of humans on earth - the Hindu festival of Maha Kumbh of Allahabad in 2013, which occurs once in 12 years, to search for Kalki - the Tenth and the final avatar of Lord Vishnu. The most mysterious of Vishnu's Avatar who has been on earth but has never been found. However, an outbreak of a monumental war occurs during their quest. They then prepare themselves by reading Chairman Mao-se-Tung's "Little Red Book".