Redlight to Limelight
India, Finlandia, Letonia, 2025.
Directed by: Bipuljit Basu.
Bipuljit Basu (India, 1980) was a fellow of the Sundance Institute and IDFA. With a postgraduate degree in Social Development, he explores untold stories with social significance in popular culture, aiming to generate value across a broad social spectrum. He believes in inclusion as a key tool for social change. "Redlight to Limelight" is his feature-length documentary debut.
Cast: Afsara Khatun, Bilkis Khatun, Meena Halder.
Running time: 100 min.
Synopsis
A documentary following "CamOn," a film collective of sex workers in Kolkata's red-light district. As they produce their short film "Nupur," director Bipuljit Basu documents how they transform suffering into art, reclaiming their own stories from a cycle of abuse and economic despair.
A documentary following "CamOn," a film collective of sex workers in Kolkata's red-light district. As they produce their short film "Nupur," director Bipuljit Basu documents how they transform ...