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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Charachar<br />
| image = Charachar93.jpg<br />
| caption = A poster for ''Charachar''<br />
| director = [[Buddhadev Dasgupta]]<br />
| producer = Gita Gope<br>Shankar Gope<br />
| writer = [[Buddhadev Dasgupta]], [[Prafulla Roy]] (novel)<br />
| music = Biswadep Dasgupta<br />
| cinematography = [[Soumendu Roy]]<br />
| editing = Ujjal Nandi<br />
| studio = Gope Movies<br />
| released = {{Film date|1993}}<br />
| runtime = 97 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Bengali<br />
}}<br />
'''''Charachar''''' ([[English language]]:''Shelter of the Wings'', {{langx|bn|চরাচর }}) is a 1993 [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] [[drama film]] directed and written by [[Buddhadev Dasgupta]] based on a novel by [[Prafulla Roy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charachar (Shelter of the Wings) |url=https://www.filmfestival.be/en/film/charachar-shelter-of-the-wings |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Film Festival Gent }}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Lakha ([[Rajit Kapoor]]) comes from a family of bird catchers, but questions the value of catching birds. He, and the older Bhushan ([[Sadhu Meher]]), sell their caged birds to the local dealer. Lakha's wife, Sari ([[Laboni Sarkar]]), complains that he is not ambitious enough because he cares more for the birds than for her, and she starts meeting Natobar. Kalicharan, a city dealer, suggests they sell their birds directly to him. So Bhushan and Lakha take their next catch of birds on the train to Calcutta. Kalicharan invites them to a feast for the ceremony of the birds, with disastrous consequences.<ref>{{Citation |title=Watch Charachar Full Bengali Movie Online |url=https://www.hoichoi.tv/films/title/charachar |access-date=2023-04-15 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CHARACHAR (1994) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7d31ad56 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230162338/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7d31ad56 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 December 2018 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=BFI }}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Shankar Chakraborty]] <br />
*[[Indrani Haldar]] as Gouri<br />
*[[Rajit Kapoor]] as Lakhinder <br />
*[[Sadhu Meher]] as Bhushan<br />
*[[Manoj Mitra]] <br />
*[[Laboni Sarkar]] as Sari<br />
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==Awards==<br />
*1993 - [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]]<br />
*1994 - [[Golden Bear]] (nominated) - [[44th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1994/02_programm_1994/02_Programm_1994.html |title=Berlinale: 1994 Programme |accessdate=2011-06-11 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0106546|title=Charachar}}<br />
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{{Buddhadeb Dasgupta}}<br />
{{NationalFilmAwardBestFeatureFilm}}<br />
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[[Category:1993 films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1993 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]<br />
[[Category:Best Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:1993 Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on works by Prafulla Roy]]<br />
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