Oonga (film)

Oonga
Poster
Directed byDevashish Makhija
Screenplay byDevashish Makhija
Harish Amin
Story byDevashish Makhija
Sarat Talluri Rao
Produced byHarish Amin
Mehvash Husain
StarringNandita Das
Seema Biswas
Salim Kumar
CinematographyJehangir Choudhary
Music byKrsna
Release date
  • 3 May 2013 (2013-05-03) (New York Indian Film Festival)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi, Oriya

Oonga is a Hindi and Oriya film directed by Devashish Makhija, and produced by Speaking Tree Pictures & Moo Print Pictures.[1][2] It is a story of a little adivasi boy's obsession with becoming Rama, set against the backdrop of corrupt land mining activities threatening to destroy his village and the civil strife it leads to. The film stars Nandita Das, Seema Biswas, Salim Kumar and Raju Singh[3] (as Oonga).

Oonga had its world premiere at the New York Indian Film Festival on 3 May 2013;[4][5] and was screened in the 'India Gold' section at the 15th Mumbai Film Festival;[6] the 13th River to River Florence Indian film festival 2013[7] and the Indian film festival at Melbourne 2014.[8] Oonga is also a part of the international competition at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2014.[9]

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