The Wrestlers

Overview

In the pastoral expanse of rural Bengal, in Purulia district, single railroad workers and best friends Balaram (Shankar Chakraborty) and Nemai (Tapas Pal) spend their days wrestling on a hill with little work to speak of because the fact that their flag station has only a couple of trains to be flagged off or signalled to. Wrestling, however, despite its aggression and physical combat, turns into an expression of close bonding for Nimai and Balaram, a bond already established through their complementary work at the flag station. Wrestling, for them, is a way of releasing physical energy and a form of dynamic entertainment.

Cast

Tapas Paul

Nemai

Shankar Chakraborty

Balram

Raisul Islam Asad

Saurav Das

Jaya Seal Ghosh

Uttara

Tapas Adhikari

Goutam Warsi

Subrat Dutta

Masood Akhtar

Luna Poddar