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{{Infobox film<br />
|name = Akash Kusum, Up in the Clouds<br />
|image = Akash Kusum (1965) poster.jpg<br />
|caption = poster of Akash Kusum<br />
|director = [[Mrinal Sen]]<br />
|producer = Purbachal Film Productions<br />
|writer = Ashish Barman<br />
|narrator =<br />
|starring = [[Soumitra Chatterjee]]<br/>[[Aparna Sen]]<br/>[[Subhendu Chatterjee]]<br />
|music = [[Sudhin Dasgupta]]<br />
|cinematography = Sailaja Chatterjee<br />
|editing = [[:en:Gangadhar_Naskar|Gangadhar Naskar]]<br />
|distributor =<br />
|released = {{Film date|1965}}<br />
|runtime =<br />
|country = India<br />
|language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
|budget =<br />
}}<br />
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'''''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).<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as Ajay<br />
* [[Aparna Sen]] as Manika<br />
* [[Subhendu Chatterjee]]<br />
* [[Haradhan Bandopadhyay]]<br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://mrinalsen.org/akash_kusum.htm On the Mrinal Sen website]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090123101207/http://boloji.com/cinema/akashkusum.htm A review]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0058889}}<br />
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{{Mrinal Sen}}<br />
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}<br />
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[[Category:1965 films]]<br />
[[Category:1965 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:1965 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Mrinal Sen]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:1960s business films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian business films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Best Bengali Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:1965 Bengali-language films]]<br />
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