Sayantani stars in a film addressing the social taboo on transgenders

Young

director Ranadeep Sarker who recently wrapped up the shoot of his next film ‘Adelante’ has now released the official trailer and it has already created quite a lot of buzz. The slice-of-a-life drama stars Suzi Bhowmik,

Sayantani Guhathakurata

and Abhinandan Sarkar in pivotal roles.

The plot revolves around Suzi, a transgender woman who is being tortured and harassed both physically and mentally by the age-old beliefs of society. She soon becomes

suicidal

while struggling to make peace with the mental pressure. Will she be saved or be destroyed? These suicidal thoughts are like cancer which is spreading in today's youth rapidly.

Anyone who has ever googled the word “transgender” knows that it returns an overwhelming cornucopia of results. There’s an abundance of listicles that tell you how (and how not) to interact with trans folks, petitions in favor of or against trans rights, and way too many stories about trans people who have been murdered or assaulted. ‘Adelante’ tries to reflect on this grave issue.

While the

DOP

is Tanay Roy, Pratik Karmakar is the music director. Script and dialogue are by Samrat Sekhar Mandal.