The narrative in Parikrama travels through multiple spaces and times, through parallel experiences of its twin protagonists that criss-cross each other, though they come from worlds apart. Alessandro is an Italian writer filmmaker making a film on Narmada Parikrama. An age old pilgrimage along the holy river Narmada.During the cinematic journey Alessandro meets a village boy Lala, who fled home to secure dignity and land for his displaced peasant family. Lala is almost at the same age as his son Francesco who lost his mother in the recent past. The narrative unfolds the story of two boys,one without his
mother,the other without his motherland. Alessandro’s narrative takes a new turn as the river Narmada flows by.
Born in Calcutta, India in 1950, Ghose graduated from Calcutta University and started making documentaries in 1973. He also took active part in the group theatre movement in Calcutta and dedicated some time as a Photo Journalist.
He made his first documentary – New Earth. in 1973 followed by Hungry Autumn which won him the main award at the Oberhausen Film Festival. He has since made several significant feature films including Maa Bhoomi, Dakhal, Paar, Antarjali Yatra, Padma Nadir Majhi, Patang, Gudia, Dekha, Abar Aranye, Yatra , Kaalbela, Moner Manush, Shunyo Awnko, Shankhachil, Raahgir, Shomoyer Smritimala and Parikrama. Has made a number of prominent documentaries including Meeting A Milestone (on Ustad Bismillah Khan), Beyond the Himalayas, Land of Sand Dunes, Ray (On Sat andyajit Ray), Impermanence (On HH Dalai Lama). Ghose has won 16 National Awards besides Filmfare Awards and many International awards like the Silver Balloon Award at Nantes Film Festival, UNESCO Award - Cannes Film Festival, Grand Prix - Golden Semurg at Tashkent, UNESCO Award and Coppa Volpi at Venice, Fipresci Awards, Red Cross Award at Verna Film Festival, The Golden Peacock at IFFI, Best Director award at UKAIFF, London for Raahgir.
He is also the only Indian to win the coveted Vittori Di Sica Award in Italy. He was awarded the Knighthood of the Star of the Italian Solidarity in July 2006. Ghose has also been the cinematographer for all his films and an avid photographer since his teens.
The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest, most prestigious film festival screening premieres of feature, documentary and
short films made from, of, and about the Indian subcontinent in the Independent, arthouse, alternate and diaspora genres.
