Archive · 23 Sep 2026
Pagla Ghora to Open Paris Festival, Compete Internationally
Pagla Ghora is a new film directed by Sekhar Das.
It is based on a famous play by Badal Sircar.
The movie takes place near a cremation ground in a forest in West Bengal.
Four men meet there while waiting for a young woman’s last rites.
The film will open a festival called Gange sur Seine in Paris on October 9.
It will also compete with other films at the festival.
The director and actors hope people outside Bengal will discover the story.
They see the screening as a tribute to Badal Sircar during his centenary year.
Sekhar Das’s Pagla Ghora will open Gange sur Seine in Paris on October 9.
The film will screen at Club de l’Étoile and compete at the festival.
It adapts Badal Sircar’s celebrated play during the playwright’s centenary year.
The story follows four men awaiting the last rites of a young woman who died by suicide.
The Paris screening follows a private Cannes showing and aims to reach French and international audiences.
- Who
- Director Sekhar Das, producer Dr Prabir Bhoumik, and the cast of Pagla Ghora are involved; the film adapts a play by Badal Sircar.
- What
- Pagla Ghora will open Gange sur Seine and compete at the festival.
- When
- October 9; the articles do not specify the year.
- Where
- Club de l’Étoile in Paris, France.
- Why
- The screening will present the film to a wider international audience and honor Badal Sircar’s theatrical legacy during his centenary year.
- Film
- Pagla Ghora (Wild Horse)
- Director
- Sekhar Das
- Source material
- Badal Sircar’s celebrated play Pagla Ghora
- Festival
- Gange sur Seine
- Screening date
- October 9
- Venue
- Club de l’Étoile, Paris
- Competition status
- The film will compete at the festival
- Producer
- Dr Prabir Bhoumik of Swabhumi Entertainment