Gautam Ghosh's news film Sankhachil is based on partition

Partition has always been a traumatic and the biggest tragedy for both the countries India & Bangladesh and chronicles the most tumultuous times in the history, which brought pain, tragedy and loss. Whats broken is broken, and National Award winning Director Gautam Ghose film ‘"Sankhachil”  reflects the same in this partition themed film, jointly produced by India & Bangladesh. “Sankhachil,” shot on either sides of the border, is Ghosh’s third Indo-Bangla production

"Sankhachil" which recently won the National Award, portrays the angst of the people living near the Indo-Bangladesh border, starring Bengali superstar Prosenjit and Bangladeshi actress Kusum. Gautam Ghose has always been inspired by Ritwik Ghatak, whose partition themed films have left a mark on him. He believes that partition always brought forth the raw wounds on the psyche of affected people, on either side of the border..

When Gautam Ghose visited the border for his earlier film ‘Moner Manush’, he observed on how only humans are barred from crossing the man-made partition boundary, but not others. He says “ The birds of the sky, tigers and crocodile of the sunderbans, fishes and dolphins of the Ichhamati river have no such boundaries, and no one can bar them from going to the other side. But humans behave so differently as chronicled in history.

But both Ghosh and Prosenjit shared a very good and positive experience whilst shooting on either side of the border. Ghosh reveals that they had a very frenzied welcome in Bangladesh, and he saw no difference between the people, the food, landscapes of the 2 Nations. It showed the relevance and universality of the film where partition comes as a backdrop in the lives of the present people who cross over to the other side for livelihood. He also adds the Prosenjit is very popular actor and was constantly mobbed whilst shooting at the border. Geographical borders ceased to exist at such times.

Bengali Superstar Prosenjit, who is co-producing "Sankhachil” with a Bangladeshi producer says “ I feel honoured to be associated with this project. We have also sent the film to Cannes and various prestigious film festivals”