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{{Infobox film
|name           = Akash Kusum, Up in the Clouds
|image          = Akash Kusum (1965) poster.jpg
|caption        = poster of Akash Kusum
|director       = [[Mrinal Sen]]
|producer       = Purbachal Film Productions
|writer         = Ashish Barman
|narrator       =
|starring       = [[Soumitra Chatterjee]]<br/>[[Aparna Sen]]<br/>[[Subhendu Chatterjee]]
|music          = [[Sudhin Dasgupta]]
|cinematography = Sailaja Chatterjee
|editing        = [[:en:Gangadhar_Naskar|Gangadhar Naskar]]
|distributor    =
|released       = {{Film date|1965}}
|runtime        =
|country        = India
|language       = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|budget         =
}}

'''''Akash Kusum''''' ({{langx|bn|আকাশ কুসুম}}; {{literally}} "Up in the Clouds") is a 1965 [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] film directed by noted Indian [[Parallel Cinema|parallel film]] director [[Mrinal Sen]]. The film was loosely remade in Hindi as ''[[Manzil (1979 film)|Manzil]]'' (1979).

==Plot==
It is the story of the longings of a middle-class executive to rise in stature and social acceptability. The young man trying to find a place in the corporate world innocently bluffs a young girl he chances upon. The bluff becomes disastrous for him, and for their relationship.

==Cast==
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as Ajay
* [[Aparna Sen]] as Manika
* [[Subhendu Chatterjee]]
* [[Haradhan Bandopadhyay]]

==References==
*[http://mrinalsen.org/akash_kusum.htm On the Mrinal Sen website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090123101207/http://boloji.com/cinema/akashkusum.htm A review]

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0058889}}

{{Mrinal Sen}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}

[[Category:1965 films]]
[[Category:1965 drama films]]
[[Category:1965 Indian films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Mrinal Sen]]
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]
[[Category:1960s business films]]
[[Category:Indian business films]]
[[Category:Bengali films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Best Bengali Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:1965 Bengali-language films]]


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