Bidita bags award for her short film

After winning accolades for her performance in Kushan Nandy’s thriller,

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, actress Bidita Bag recently won the Best Supporting Actress award at Calcutta International Cult Film Festival 2018 for a bilingual (Tamil, Bengali) short film ‘Sinam’ (Anger). In

Sinam

, she plays an aspiring documentary filmmaker called Durga, who gets inspired by the story of a prostitute, Shakti, and while filming the journey of that prostitute, she comes to know some hard-hitting facts of her life. Says Bidita, “I am extremely delighted and honoured that the jury members considered my performance and worthy of this award. Being a Bengali at heart any recognition that comes from my hometown of Kolkata holds a special place in my heart.” This short film also marks Bidita Bag’s debut as a singer, she rendered a mesmerisingly beautiful Rabindrasangeet, Ami tomari matir kanya (I am a daughter of your soil).