Char… The No-Man’s Island is a 2012 documentary film directed by Sourav Sarangi. The documentary is a co-production by India, Japan, Norway, Italy and England. The film was shown in the Berlin Film Festival.
The film revolves around Rubel, a young boy who wants to attend school, but whose financial circumstances force him to become a smuggler from India to Bangladesh. Every day, he has to cross a river that forms the border between the two countries. He stays at an island named Char which is a no-man’s land and is patrolled by the border security force of both countries.
Writer: Sourav Sarangi
Actors: Rubel Mondal, Sofikul Sheikh
Cinematographers: Sourav Sarangi
Editors: Sourav Sarangi
Release Year: 2012
Language: Bengali, Hindi
Run Time: 97 minutes
First released on: 13/12/2012
CBFC rating: N.A.