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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Alo<br />
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| director = [[Tarun Majumder]]<br />
| based_on = {{Based on|''Kinnordol''|[[Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay]]}}<br />
| screenplay = [[Tarun Majumder]]<br />
| starring = [[Rituparna Sengupta]]<br />[[Abhishek Chatterjee]]<br />[[Soumili Biswas]]<br>Bhaswar Chatterjee<br>Bharati Devi<br>[[Gyanesh Mukherjee]]<br />
| music = [[Arundhati Holme Chowdhury]]<br>[[Shibaji Chatterjee]]<br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2003|11|28|India}}<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
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'''''Alo''''' ({{trans|The Light}}) is a 2003 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] family [[drama film]] directed by [[Tarun Majumder]] and starring [[Rituparna Sengupta]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-03-20|title=Tarun Majumdar returns to direction after a gap of eight years|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/tarun-majumdar-returns-to-direction-after-a-gap-of-eight-years/story-C8LAbdDRzUbPUgQEgfiIkL.html|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> The story is based on a short story ''Kinnardal'' by [[Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-12-29|title=Narrative of Tagore’s songs used in Tarun Majumdar’s Alo (2003)|url=https://learningandcreativity.com/silhouette/narrative-tagores-songs-used-tarun-majumdars-alo-2003/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Silhouette Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> It was shown in Bengal cinemas for eight months and broke several box office records.<ref>{{cite news |title=America to bestow Tarun |url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=8426 |work=[[Screen India]] |date=25 June 2004 |accessdate=4 March 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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The film was nominated for a [[National Film Awards|National Award]] in the category "Best Film Providing Wholesome Family Entertainment".<ref>{{cite news |title=Alo aims for National Award |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13021554_ITM |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 July 2004 |accessdate=4 March 2010 }}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
''Alo'' is an educated [[Kolkata]] based woman come to her husband's ancestral village after marriage. Her husband Shuvo is a teacher works in Kolkata. Alo starts living with the poverty stricken villagers. Alo enlightens their lifestyle, morally as well as culturally. She becomes an idol of adoration. She dies while giving birth to her daughter but literally stands up to the meaning of her name Alo, means light or ray of hope.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Alo' (2003) - Bengali movies that broke our hearts with their tragic endings|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/bengali-movies-that-broke-our-hearts-with-their-tragic-endings/Alo-2003/photostory/64124498.cms|access-date=2020-08-02|website=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Rituparna Sengupta]] as Alo Chowdhury<br />
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* [[Kunal Mitra]] as Shubhankar Chatterjee aka Subho (Professor) <br />
* [[Bhaswar Chatterjee]] as Himu (Subho's younger brother) <br />
* [[Abhishek Chatterjee]] as Binod Gupta aka Binu da (Alo's brother-in-law) <br />
* Nayana Das as Meera aka Ranga di (Alo's elder sister/Binu's wife)<br />
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* [[Soumili Biswas]] as Roma (Alo's sister) <br />
* Basanti Chatterjee as No-khurima<br />
* [[Manasi Sinha]]<br />
* [[Bharati Devi]]<br />
* [[Rita Dutta Chakraborty]] as Sodu<br />
* Pushpita Mukherjee as Renu<br />
* Maitryee Mitra as Shantilata aka Shanti<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0390831}}<br />
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[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Tarun Majumdar]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on works by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
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