Asur is a 2020 Indian Bengali-language romantic action thriller film written and directed by Pavel Bhattacharjee. According to the director, it is a tribute to the sculptor Ramkinkar Baij, but the storyline is inspired from the 2015 Deshopriyo Park Durga Pujo, which made us visualize world's first ever largest Durga Idol. The action sequences are designed by Sunil Rodrigues and Md. Amin Khatib. Originally set to release in December 2019, the film was released on 3 January 2020.
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Ramkinkar Baij was an Indian sculptor and painter, one of the pioneers of modern Indian sculpture and a key figure of Contextual Modernism.
Ramkinkar Baij
A statue of Buddha by Ram Kinker Baij at Shantiniketan campus.
The Santal Family made in 1938, Santiniketan.
Figure of Yakshi by Ramkinkar Baij at Reserve Bank of India depicting the idea of 'prosperity through agriculture'.