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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Damu<br />
| image = Damu (1996 film).jpeg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| director = [[Raja Sen]]<br />
| producer = {{plainlist|<br />
* Ashok Bose<br />
* Tapas Ghosh<br />
* Raja Sen<br />
}}<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = Mohit Chatterjee<br />
| story = [[Narayan Gangopadhyay]]<br />
| based_on = ''Panchaananer Haati''<br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Raghuvir Yadav]]<br />
* [[Tarun Kumar Chatterjee]]<br />
* [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]]<br />
* [[Rimi Sen]]<br />
* [[Gyanesh Mukherjee]]<br />
}}<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[Jatileshwar Mukherjee]]<br />
| cinematography = Shakti Banerjee<br />
| editing = [[Snehasish Ganguly]]<br />
| studio = <!-- or: | production_companies = --><br />
| distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --><br />
| released = 13 June 1997<br />
| runtime = {{Duration|h=2|m=36|s=0}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Bengali<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Damu''''' ({{lang-bn|দামু}}) is a 1996 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali-language]] [[Drama (modern genre)|drama film]] directed by [[Raja Sen]] and produced by the [[Government of West Bengal]]. It is based on [[Narayan Gangopadhyay]]'s novel ''Ponchanoner Haati'' ({{lang-bn|পঞ্চাননের হাতি}}) and is Sen's directorial debut. The film was released on 26 October 1996<ref>{{Citation|title=Damu Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos {{!}} eTimes|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/damu/movieshow/66376398.cms|access-date=2020-07-25}}</ref> and won [[National Film Award for Best Children's Film]].{{r|44thNFA}}<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Damu is an innocence orphan lives in the village with an old man Panchanan. He develops a friendship with the Panchanan's granddaughter Runku. One day he carelessly promises her an elephant ride through the village. But this is impossible to manage an elephant in a village hence Runku is disappointed. To fulfill the promise, Damu sets out in search of an elephant. In his journey, he faces humiliation, taunting, harassment but does not lose hope. Finally, Damu comes across a circus but the manager refuses to meet him. Circumstances arise where Damu saves the circus from a gang of a robbers. Out of gratitude, the circus manager allows Damu to borrow an elephant and Runku gets her elephant ride in the village.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Raghuvir Yadav]] as Damu<br />
* [[Sabyasachi Chakraborty]] as Potai Chor<br />
* [[Manoj Mitra]] as Daroga<br />
* [[Gyanesh Mukherjee]] as Owner of Circus<br />
* [[Satya Bandyopadhyay]] as Panchanan<br />
* [[Tarun Kumar Chatterjee]] as Jagai Ghosh<br />
* [[Rimi Sen]] as Runku<br />
* [[Dulal Lahiri]] as Bhatu<br />
* [[Ajit Bandyopadhyay (actor)|Ajit Bandyopadhyay]] as Nibaran Chakraborty<br />
* [[Anamika Saha]] as Badan's wife<br />
* [[Monu Mukherjee]] as Kalim Sheikh<br />
* Smita Sinha as Runku's Grandmother<br />
* Dhiman Chakraborty as Badan<br />
* Gautam Dey as Nitai, Runku's father<br />
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===Accolades===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%" style=font-size:96%<br />
|+ '''List of awards and nominations'''<br />
|- style="background:#ccc;"<br />
! Organisation<br />
! Date<br />
! Category<br />
! Recipients and nominees<br />
! Result<br />
! Ref.(s)<br />
|-<br />
| [[National Film Awards]]<br />
| [[44th National Film Awards|1996]]<br />
| [[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|Best Children's Film]]<br />
| [[Raja Sen]]<br />
| {{won}}<br />
| {{r|44thNFA}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist|3|refs= <br />
<ref name="44thNFA">{{cite web |title=44th National Film Festival |url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/73_44thNfacatalogue.pdf |website=dff.nic.in |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |accessdate=12 November 2020 |location=[[New Delhi]] |page=18 |date=1997}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title}}<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Children's Film}}<br />
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[[Category:1996 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:1996 films]]<br />
[[Category:1996 directorial debut films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in India]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on works by Narayan Gangopadhyay]]<br />
[[Category:Best Children's Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
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