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{{Infobox film
| name = Dosar
| image = Dosar.jpg
| caption = Movie poster for ''Dosar''
| starring = [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]]<br> [[Konkona Sen Sharma]]
| director = [[Rituparno Ghosh]]
| writer = [[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]
| distributor = [[Planman Motion Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|2006|04|14|df=y}}
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| music =
| budget =
| runtime = 127 minutes
}}
'''''Dosar''''' ({{lang-bn|দোসর}}; translation:''Emotional companion'') is a 2006 [[Bengali language]] Indian drama film. It was produced by Arindam Chaudhuri (Planman Motion Pictures) and directed by [[Rituparno Ghosh]], the [[black-and-white]] film won the National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for the lead role portrayal by [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]]. The movie additionally stars [[Konkona Sen Sharma]], who for her part won the Best Actress Award at the New York Film Festival in 2007.<ref>[http://musicmazaa.com/news/entertainment-news/yash-manjaris-faltu-wins-national-award.html]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indiafm|work=Dosar|url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/cast/13377/index.html|accessdate=1 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213040817/http://www.indiafm.com/movies/cast/13377/index.html|archive-date=13 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was premiered in the 60th [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]] in the [[Les Cinema Du Monde]] section.<ref>{{cite news|title=Time of India| work=Dosar at Caanes|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2057385.cms|accessdate=17 May 2007|date=17 May 2007}}</ref> The film was a [[sleeper hit]] at the box office.

== Synopsis ==
The story revolves around Kaushik ([[Prosenjit Chatterjee]]) and Kaberi ([[Konkona Sen Sharma]]), a happy couple until a car accident takes away Mita, Kaushik's mistress, and leaves Kaushik injured and grieving. Mita, the mother of a little boy and living with her husband, was Kaushik's colleague. This revelation leaves Kaberi shattered. Kaushik successfully moves on with life leaving Mita behind and tries his best to repair the severely wounded relationship with his wife. Another couple in the film, Brinda ([[Pallavi Chatterjee]]) and Bobby ([[Parambrata Chatterjee]]), are also engaged in an extramarital relation. While Bobby is a bachelor, Brinda, quite older than Bobby, is unhappily married. They and Kaberi do group theatre together. Brinda-Bobby comes to a crossroads when Brinda becomes pregnant and Bobby is not sure whether the child is his or her husband's. However, he does not turn back and stands by Brinda in sorting out her issues.

Kaberi often threatens divorce but ultimately is overpowered by the wife in her and cannot resist fulfilling her duties towards her husband at the time of crisis. On the other hand, Kaushik is also caught in his own predicament. He has to not only come to terms with the loss of a loved one but is faced with the daunting task of winning back his wife's trust.

[[File:The Producer, Subho Shekhar Bhattacharjee at the presentation of the film “Dosar” on the occasion of 37th International Film Festival (IFFI-2006) in Panaji, Goa on December 1, 2006.jpg|right|thumb|Producer Subho Shekhar Bhattacharjee presenting the film at [[International Film Festival of India|IFFI]] ([[37th International Film Festival of India|2006]]) ]]

== Cast ==
*[[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] as Kaushik Chatterjee
*[[Konkona Sen Sharma]] as Kaberi Chatterjee
*[[Chandrayee Ghosh]] as Mita Ray
*[[Shankar Chakraborty]] as Mita Ray's husband
*[[Pallavi Chatterjee]] as Brinda
*[[Parambrata Chatterjee]] as Bobby
*[[Saswata Chatterjee]] as Kaushik's younger brother
*[[Tota Roy Chowdhury]] as Kaushik's colleague

==Awards==
* 2007 :[[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards]]: '''[[BFJA - Best Actor Award|Best Actor Award]]''' for ''[[Prosenjit Chatterjee]]''
* 2007: Mahindra [[Indo-American Arts Council]] (MIAAC) Film Festival : '''Best Actress''' for ''[[Konkona Sen Sharma]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=ndtvmovies| work=Konkona wins best actress award in NYC|url=http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&id=ENTEN20070032562|accessdate=12 November 2007}}</ref>
* 2007, Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival : '''Best Director''' for ''[[Rituparno Ghosh]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=ndtvmovies| work=Ghosh wins best director award in NYC|url=http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&id=ENTEN20070032562|accessdate=12 November 2007}}</ref>
* 2007: [[National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature Film)|National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)]] for ''[[Prosenjit Chatterjee]]''

== References ==
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==Tidbits==
Director Rituparno Ghosh says no connection should be made between the content and black-and-white theme. It was just his fascination to do a black-and-white film. In his own words at the inauguration of the Tel-Aviv Indian film festival in 2007:
<blockquote>"Don't try to relate the subject to the chromatic value. Because I thought I want to do a black and white film and that is the ultimate logic. Because often we see as tech advances a newer format comes into being, the older format is thrown, banished from our life. It does not remain as a creative choice anymore....."</blockquote>

==External links==
*Official Site{{dead link|date=June 2019}}
*{{IMDb title|0470283|Dosar}}

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[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rituparno Ghosh]]

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