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{{Infobox film
| name = Iti Srikanta
| image = Iti_Srikanta_DVD_cover.png
| image_size = 200px
| border =
| alt = DVD cover of the film
| caption = DVD cover of the film
| director = [[Anjan Das]]
| producer = Shantasree Sarkar
| writer =
| screenplay = Rajarshi Roy<br />Shantasree Sarkar
| story =
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Srikanta (book)|Srikanta]]'' (1917)|[[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = [[Adil Hussain]]<br />[[Soha Ali Khan]]<br />[[Reema Sen]]
| music = [[Bikram Ghosh]]
| cinematography = Shirsha Roy
| editing = Sanjib Datta
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = 4 June 2004
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Iti Srikanta''''' (English title: Your Truly, Srikanta)<ref>{{cite web |title=Variety international film guide |year=2005 |page=176 |publisher=Andre Deutsch}}</ref> is a [[Bengali films of 2004|2004]] [[Bengali language|Bengali]] [[period drama]] film directed by [[Anjan Das]]. This film is based on novelist [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]]'s novel, ''[[Srikanta (book)|Srikanta]]'' (1917)<ref>{{cite news |date=22 July 2005 |title=DVD/VCD reviews Iti Srikanta |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050722/asp/etc/story_5021274.asp |location=Calcutta, India |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=11 August 2012}}</ref> In an interview in 2005, Das, director of the film, told about his depiction of the character Srikanta– "Several films have been made on Srikanta but all these had mainly dealt with specific chapters from Srikanta, the novel. I wanted to present the complete man — his inner conflict and turmoil over the two women in his life, torn between a baiji and a vaishnavi".<ref name="Classic comeback">{{cite news |date=4 June 2004 |title=Classic comeback |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040604/asp/calcutta/story_3328300.asp |location=Calcutta, India |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=11 August 2012}}</ref> He also felt, the crisis felt by Srikanta as shown in Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel are still relevant.

This was [[Soha Ali Khan]]'s debut film,<ref>{{cite news |title=Telegraph image Iti Srikanta |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040604/asp/calcutta/story_3329013.asp |location=Calcutta, India |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=11 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Gahlaut |first=Kanika |date=21 June 2004 |title=Mama's model |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/soha-ali-khan-makes-her-screen-debut-in-bengali-film-iti-srikanta/1/195722.html |journal=India Today |access-date=12 August 2012}}</ref> and also of actors, [[Aparajita Ghosh Das]] and Bengali film debut of lead actor, [[Adil Hussain]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Sengupta |first=Reshmi |date=12 January 2005 |title=New stars in the sky |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050112/asp/calcutta/story_4244375.asp |location=Calcutta, India |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=11 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dasgupta |first=Priyanka |date=11 November 2009 |title=Adil is back |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-11/news-interviews/28080926_1_adil-hussain-irrfan-nsd |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103114424/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-11/news-interviews/28080926_1_adil-hussain-irrfan-nsd |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=12 August 2012}}</ref> whose voice was dubbed in the film by Sujan Mukhopadhyay.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dasgupta |first=Priyanka |date=15 January 2011 |title=Voices have faces too! |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-15/news-interviews/28375887_1_dubbing-actors-uttam-kumar |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103153400/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-15/news-interviews/28375887_1_dubbing-actors-uttam-kumar |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=12 August 2012}}</ref> The film was part of the Indian panorama section at the [[IFFI]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 September 2004 |title=A lot to look forward to at Goa festival |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/29/stories/2004092902260500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041110192113/http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/29/stories/2004092902260500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2004 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=12 August 2012}}</ref> At the [[52nd National Film Awards]], Anup Mukhopadhyay was awarded the [[National Film Award for Best Audiography]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm52NFAAward.aspx |title=52nd National Film Awards |publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]] |access-date=12 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505173444/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm52NFAAward.aspx |archive-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf |title=52nd National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref> also at the [[Anandalok Awards#2004.5B7.5D|2004 Anandalok Awards]], Anjan Das won the award for Best Director.<ref>
{{cite news
|date=8 November 2004
|title=Star-struck night on stage and floor
|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041108/asp/calcutta/story_3979680.asp
|location=Calcutta, India
|newspaper=The Telegraph
|access-date=19 November 2008
}}
</ref>

== Plot ==
The film is a [[love triangle]] between a young man Srikanta ([[Adil Hussain]]) and two women in his life, Rajalakshmi ([[Reema Sen]]) a rich courtesan and Kamalata ([[Soha Ali Khan]]), a [[vaishnavite]] living in an [[ashram]].<ref name="Classic comeback"/>

== Cast ==
* [[Adil Hussain]] as Srikanta
* [[Soha Ali Khan]] as Kamallata (Srikanta's wife)
* [[Reema Sen]] as Rajlakshmi
* [[Pijush Ganguly]] as Gahar
* [[Aparajita Ghosh Das]] as Padma

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0456480}}

[[Category:2004 films]]
[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1910s]]
[[Category:Films that won the Best Audiography National Film Award]]

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