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| director = [[Chidananda Dasgupta]]<br />
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| producer = [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]<br>[[Doordarshan]]<br />
| starring = [[Pijush Ganguly]]<br />[[Rachna Banerjee]]<br />
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| cinematography = [[Madhu Ambat]]<br />
| editing = Ujjal Nandi<br />
| music = C. R. Chowdhury<br /> Hrishikesh-Saurabh-Jasraj<br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1994}}<br />
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| language = Bengali<br />
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'''''Amodini''''' is a 1994 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film directed by [[Chidananda Dasgupta]] and starring [[Pijush Ganguly]] and [[Rachna Banerjee]]. The film was screened at the Indian Panorama section of the [[International Film Festival of India]] on 11 January 1996.<ref name="V">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/amodini-1200445072/|title=Amodini|first=Deborah |last=Young|date=11 February 1996|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><br />
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Supriya Dasgupta won the [[National Film Award for Best Costume Design]] for her work in this film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=5 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184957/http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Pijush Ganguly]] as Pandu<br />
*[[Rachana Banerjee]] as Amodini <br />
*[[Konkona Sen Sharma]] as Teenage stepmother<br />
* Ashoke Mukherjee<br />
* Tathagata Sanyal<br />
* Anusree Das<br />
* [[Debika Mitra]]<br />
* [[Aparna Sen]] as Muslim (cameo appearance)<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
S. R. Ashok Kumar of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote that "Directed by Chidanandadasgupta this film has Pijush <br />
Ganguly, Rachana Banerjee, Ashoke Mukherjee, Tathagata Sanyal, Anusree Das have done their best with the help of the director. The camera by Madhu Ambat and technicians of the other departments of filmmaking have also co-operated to the maximum to make it an enjoyable film.".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.webpage.com/hindu/960113/03/1226a.html|title=The cream of Indian cinema|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 January 1996|page=73|first=S. R. Ashok|last=Kumar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221151607/http://www.webpage.com/hindu/960113/03/1226a.html|archive-date=21 December 1996}}</ref> Deborah Young of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that "It’s all good fun for those who like period costumes and historical pageantry and aren’t bothered by the broad comedy of thesps who seem to be acting out a cartoon".<ref name="V"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0305210}}<br />
*[https://www.highonfilms.com/amodini-1994-mubi-review/ ''High On Films'' review]</div>Ajay Kumar