A couple of months ago, director Mrityunjay Devvrat faced problems shooting his film The Bastard Child in Bengal when he had a run-in with the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India. A few days back, the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association objected to the use of word ‘bastard’ in its title. “What has been reported is just a miniscule percentage of the problems we have gone through while making this film,” says Devvrat, “There have been monetary issues, and even today, we’re facing a huge budgetary deficit when it comes to marketing and promoting the film.”

Raima Sen essays the role of Indraneil Sengupta’s wife in The Bastard Child