Ravi Tripathy

A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low-caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.

Bhabantara is an Odia feature film directed by veteran film and drama artist Anant Mohapatra. The movie explores different perspectives of man-woman relationships.