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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Antarmahal<br />
| image = Antarmahal_dvd_cover.jpg<br />
| starring = [[Roopa Ganguly]]<br/>[[Soha Ali Khan]]<br/>[[Jackie Shroff]]<br/>[[Abhishek Bachchan]]<br />
| director = [[Rituparno Ghosh]]<br />
| producer = Anil Kuriakose<br />
| cinematography = [[Avik Mukhopadhyay]]<br />
| editing = [[Arghyakamal Mitra]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|2005|10|28|df=y}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Bengali<br />
| music =<br />
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'''''Antarmahal''''' is a 2005 Indian [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film]], directed by [[Rituparno Ghosh]] and produced by [[Amitabh Bachchan Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-12 |title=From ‘Utsab’ to ‘Uma’- Durga Puja in 10 Bengali Films |url=https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/features/from-utsab-to-uma-durga-puja-in-10-bengali-films/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Silverscreen India |language=en-US}}</ref> The film is based on a Bengali short story named ''Pratima'' by [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]]. Set in the late [[19th century]], the plot revolves around two women who are married to a vainglorious Bengali landlord who exploits them to obtain [[social status]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/antarmahal-views-from-the-inner-chamber-1200523789/|title = Antarmahal: Views from the Inner Chamber|website=Variety|date = 18 August 2005}}</ref> It stars [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Roopa Ganguly]], [[Soha Ali Khan]], [[Abhishek Bachchan]], [[Mrinal Mukherjee]], Sumanta Mukherjee and [[Biswajit Chakraborty]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/oct/28antar.htm|title = Antarmahal: Must watch!|website=Rediff|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20051114-film-review-antarmahal-starring-soha-ali-khan-abhishek-bachchan-786652-2005-11-14|title=Film review: 'Antarmahal' starring Jackie Shroff, Soha Ali Khan, Abhishek Bachchan|website=India Today|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref><br />
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The film received widespread critical acclaim. [[Screen International|Screen Daily]] writes, "Rituparno Ghosh spins another sumptuous, yet intimate family story with Antarmahal: Views From The Inner Chamber, playing once morein the same register he successfully used two years ago for fellow Locarno competitor Chokher Bali."<ref>{{cite web |last=Fainaru |first=Dan |date=2005-08-23 |title=Antarmahal: Views From The Inner Chamber (Antarmahal) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/antarmahal-views-from-the-inner-chamber-antarmahal/4024109.article |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Screen }}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The story takes place towards the end of the 19th century in Bengal. Bhubaneswar Chowdhury, a [[zamindar]] of Bakuldanga plans to please the British so that they bestow on him the Raibahadur title. There are quite a few contenders and so something unique has to be done, so he decides to put [[Queen Victoria]]'s face on the body of the goddess [[Durga]] whose clay idol is made every year for [[Durga Pooja]].<br />
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On the other hand, he also wants an heir and since he blames the failure on his elder wife Mahamaya ([[Roopa Ganguly]]) he marries again, the much younger Jashomati ([[Soha Ali Khan]]). Both of these wives compete against each other in an ego struggle. In his pursuit for a son, Bhubaneswar rapes Jashomati every night while a priest reads hymns for conception near the bed, ordering Mahamaya, in a drugged state, to fulfill the carnal desires of five sexually deprived Brahmin priests.<br />
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Although she luckily escapes the fate due to the untimely ending, Jashomati, while in her traumatised and lonely state, gets physically drawn towards a young sculptor ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]). It's in this centre of all this that the sculptor makes his masterpiece, his tribute, and seals Jashomati's ultimate fate.<br />
the script is based on protima a masterpiece of Tarashankar bandopadhyay.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Jackie Shroff]] as Bhubaneshwar Chowdhury, the landlord of Bakuldanga<br />
*[[Roopa Ganguly]] as Mahamaya, elder wife of Bhubaneshwar<br />
*[[Soha Ali Khan]] as Jashomoti, younger wife of Bhubaneshwar, voice dubbed by [[Rimjhim Mitra]]<br />
*[[Abhishek Bacchan]] as Brijbhushan<br />
*[[Mrinal Mukherjee]] as a Hindu priest<br />
*Sumanta Mukherjee as Taracharan, the estate manager of Bakuldanga<br />
*[[Biswajit Chakraborty]] as Bhattacharya Moshai, a Hindu priest<br />
*[[Ratna Ghoshal]] as Mangala, the chief maid-servant of Mahamaya<br />
*Dola Chakraborty as Tarini<br />
*Shibani Bhattacharya<br />
*Peter Taylor as the painter<br />
*Debesh Mukherjee as Pal Moshai<br />
*Arpan Bashar<br />
*Kameshwar Mishra as Hariya<br />
*[[Raima Sen]] (Cameo) as Rukmini, Brijbhushan's wife<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0454391|Antarmahal}}<br />
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{{Rituparno Ghosh}}<br />
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[[Category:2005 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Rituparno Ghosh]]<br />
[[Category:Films about landlords]]<br />
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