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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ek Doctor Ki Maut<br />
| image = Ek Doctor Ki Maut.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| writer = [[Ramapada Chowdhury]]<br>(story, ''Abhimanyu'')<br>[[Tapan Sinha]]<br>(screenplay)<br />
| based_on = {{based on|''Abhimanyu''|[[Ramapada Chowdhury]]}}<br />
| starring = [[Pankaj Kapur]]<br>[[Shabana Azmi]]<br>[[Anil Chatterjee]]<br>[[Irrfan]]<br>[[Deepa Sahi]]<br />
| director = [[Tapan Sinha]]<br />
| producer = [[National Film Development Corporation of India]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Soumendu Roy]]<br />
| editing = [[Soumendu Roy]]<br />
| music = [[Vanraj Bhatia]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|1990}}<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| runtime = 122 minutes<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Ek Doctor Ki Maut''''' ({{Translation|Death of a Doctor}}) is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] by [[Tapan Sinha]], which depicts the [[ostracism]], bureaucratic negligence, reprimand and insult of a doctor and his research, instead of recognition.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gupta |first=Uttaran Das |date=2019-01-11 |title='Ek Doctor Ki Maut' and the dangers of bureaucracy superseding science |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/ek-doctor-ki-maut-and-the-dangers-of-bureaucracy-superseding-science-119011100158_1.html |access-date=2022-04-24}}</ref> The film is based on the story "Abhimanyu" by [[Ramapada Chowdhury]].<ref>{{cite news|date=29 July 2018|title='Ek doctor ki maut' writer Ramapada Chowdhury passes away at 95|work=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ek-doctor-ki-maut-writer-ramapada-chowdhury-passes-away-5282074/|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> This movie is loosely based on the life of [[Subhash Mukhopadhyay (physician)|Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay]], an Indian physician who pioneered the [[In vitro fertilisation]] treatment just around the same time when another leading scientist [[Robert Edwards (physiologist)|Dr. Robert Edwards]] was conducting separate experiments in England.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Times News Network|author-link=Times News Network|date=14 October 2003|title=Honour fails to cheer doctor's wife|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Honour-fails-to-cheer-doctors-wife/articleshow/232116.cms|access-date=2020-07-16|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=4 October 2010|title=Subhash Mukhopadhyay - the unlucky doctor behind India's first Test-tube baby|url=https://www.sify.com/news/subhash-mukhopadhyay-the-unlucky-doctor-behind-india-s-first-test-tube-baby-news-national-kkerEdfedba.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007065102/https://www.sify.com/news/subhash-mukhopadhyay-the-unlucky-doctor-behind-india-s-first-test-tube-baby-news-national-kkerEdfedba.html|archive-date=7 October 2010|website=[[Sify.com]]}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
After years of painstaking research at the cost of his personal life, Dr. Dipankar Roy ([[Pankaj Kapur]]) discovers a vaccine for [[Leprosy]]. The news is flashed over television and overnight, an insignificant junior doctor receives international recognition. Professional jealousy and abuse of power threaten Dr. Roy, even as the Secretary of Health reprimands him for breaking the news to the press. He is asked to report to the Director of Health. Professional colleagues Dr. Arijit Sen and Dr. Ramananda invite him to a lecture but, it is merely a pretense to humiliate him. Dr. Roy suffers a mild heart attack, but he refuses to go to the hospital. His wife ([[Shabana Azmi]]) and a few others like Dr. Kundu ([[Anil Chatterjee]]) and Amulya ([[Irfan Khan (actor)|Irfan Khan]]) stand by Dr. Roy, but the harassment continues; a letter from a British foundation, John Anderson Foundation, is suppressed and Dr. Roy is transferred to a remote village. The last straw is two American doctors receiving credit for discovering the same vaccine. Dr. Roy is shattered. However, in the end, Dr. Roy gets an invitation from the John Anderson Foundation inviting him to be a part of an eminent group of scientists working on other diseases. Dipankar Roy realizes that his research was fruitful. He also decides to accept the invitation as he just wants to work for the betterment of mankind.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-23 |title=Anyone who is not a doctor should watch Pankaj Kapur's Ek Doctor Ki Maut before blaming them |url=https://theprint.in/features/reel-take/anyone-who-is-not-a-doctor-should-watch-pankaj-kapurs-ek-doctor-ki-maut-before-blaming-them/253387/ |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990) |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-3z6x5e/ek-doctor-ki-maut/ |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Pankaj Kapur]] as Dr. Dipankar Roy<br />
* [[Shabana Azmi]] as Seema<br />
* [[Anil Chatterjee]] as Dr. Kundu<br />
* [[Irrfan Khan]] as Amulya<br />
* [[Deepa Sahi]]<br />
* [[Vijayendra Ghatge]] as Dr. Arijit<br />
* Sushant Sanyal<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
The film was greatly applauded by film critics and writers. Tapan Sinha, the director, was inspired by the life and death of [[Subhash Mukhopadhyay (physician)|Subhash Mukhopadhyay]] and dedicates this film to him.<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
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===[[38th National Film Awards|38th National Film Awards, India]]===<br />
* 1990 [[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film]]<br />
* 1990 [[National Film Award for Best Direction]]: [[Tapan Sinha]]<br />
* 1990 [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|National Film Award - Special Jury Award]]: [[Pankaj Kapoor]] (Dr. Dipankar Roy).<br />
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===Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards===<br />
* 1991 Best Film<br />
* 1991 Best Director<br />
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===Filmfare Awards===<br />
* 1992 [[Filmfare Best Screenplay Award]]: Tapan Sinha.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0345177|title=Ek Doctor Ki Maut}}<br />
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[[Category:Films scored by Vanraj Bhatia]]<br />
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