'Saankal' is about age-old traditions: Chetan Sharma

He hasn't any formal training in acting, yet delivers impressive performance for the
character of Kesar he has played in the upcoming film Saankal.

20 something, the 5 feet 8 inches boy Chetan Sharma stands tall at the International Film Festivals where his film Saankal received overwhelming response.

Saankal is based on a true story about the exploitation of women in a remote village in Rajasthan. The women are supposed to get married within their own community, no matter whatever the age of the boy is. A woman is forced to get married to a 10 year old boy as per the age-old traditions of their 'Kabila"(comunity).

The character of Kesar is portrayed over 3 age groups, out of which he plays the adolescent and then a middle aged villager.

When enquired who is his inspiration, Chetan says, "I am highly inspired by the roles Robert DeNero plays, and in Bollywood, Anupam Kher is my role model for the character played in his first film."

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Tanima Bhattacharya: Where are our modern values?

Meet Tanima Bhattacharya, a girl from a non-filmy background. Her initial aspirations were to join the armed forces. She then decided to complete Bachelors of Commerce from Kolkata. It is destiny that has brought her into Bollywood.

Tanima makes her Bollywood debut with the upcoming film Saankal which releases early next year.

Saankal is about an age old custom which is still prevalent in interiors of Rajasthan, near the Pak border, there are several ‘Kabilas’ (communities). 

This Kabila has a custom that that girl from that community marries within that community itself, and nowhere else. This leads to a gender imbalance in that community where the females are more in number than the males.

Tanima Bhattacharya plays the central character of the film who is forced to marry a 10 year old boy Kesar.

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