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{{Infobox film
| name = Kaal
| image =Kaal Pk.jpg
| caption = DVD cover of kaal
| director = [[Bappaditya Bandopadhyay]]
| writer =[[Shakti Barthwal]]
| starring = [[Chandrayee Ghosh]]<br /> [[Rudranil Ghosh]]
| producer = Srishti Productions
| distributor =
| cinematography =Rana Dasgupta
| editing =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2007|01|06}}
| country = India
| budget =
| gross =
| runtime = 118 minutes
| language = Bengali
| music =[[Abhijit Bose]]
}}
'''''Kaal ''''' ( {{lang-bn|কাল}}, {{Trans|Our Time}}) is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film released in [[2007 in film|2007]]. The film directed by [[Bappaditya Bandopadhyay]] stars [[Chandrayee Ghosh]], [[Rudranil Ghosh]], [[Dola Chakraborty]], [[Sandhya Shetty]].

It was selected for screening at the [[Cairo International Film Festival]], 2007, the [[São Paulo International Film Festival]] 2007 and the [[Stockholm International Film Festival]] 2007. Incidentally, this is the third successive year that Bandopadhyay's film is being screened at [[São Paulo International Film Festival]]. The film was already successfully screened at the [[Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema]], 2007,<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/11195/Bappadityas-KAAL-selected-at-Cairo-Film-Fest.html
|title=Bappaditya's KAAL selected at the Cairo Film Fest |work= Yahoo! India Movies
|accessdate=2008-10-25
|last=
|first=
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</ref> where it was one of the Indian films competing in the festival.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://220.226.203.134/filmhouse/schedules/dfilms.php?secid=4
|title = 9th Osians Cinefan - Festival sections: Indian Films in competition
|publisher = Osian's 2007
|accessdate = 2008-11-03
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810182431/http://220.226.203.134/filmhouse/schedules/dfilms.php?secid=4
|archive-date = 10 August 2011
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

==Plot==
KAAL is about prostitution and call-girl services of Kolkata. The girls move from a rural area into a large city after being lured and offered lucrative money by the recruiter Ratan ([[Rudranil Ghosh]]). They ultimately become call-girls for the sake of survival. Ranidi (the boss, played by [[Sandhya Shetty]]) grooms the depressed and oppressed girls and gives them a complete make over in a short time.

The movie depicts the corruption associated with their entire business. The girls reasonably and rightfully accept the fact that money is better than sunshine and sweeter than honey because of poverty. They forget their miserable past. They get caught up in making more money and buying more fun. They understand that surviving in this treacherous world is not possible through love, honesty and humanity. Hence they let themselves drain away in the world of consuming and consumption. The girls are shown traveling to the top hotels in [[Kolkata]]. The middleman Ratan is shown trying to go to [[Singapore]]. The village police inspector and the other partners in the game(Indian Border Security Force) continue to operate.
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==Director’s note==
<blockquote>
"In a way, this film is a sequel to my earlier film [[Kantatar]] (Barbed Wire). The partition, at one point of time, caused human displacement in a large scale in our country. The present trend of globalization has once again unleashed a massive displacement of human beings. The backdrop is also even more complex. It was therefore impossible to maintain a linear narration. Kaal is a multilayered film dealing with human displacement."<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://kaalthefilm.tripod.com/index.html
|title=KAAL
|publisher=kaalthefilm.tripod.com
|accessdate=2008-10-25
|last=
|first=
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</ref>
</blockquote>

== Cast ==
*[[Chandrayee Ghosh]]...
*[[Rudranil Ghosh]]....Ratan
*[[Dola Chakraborty]] ...
*[[Sandhya Shetty]]...
*[[Sankar Debnath]]...
*[[Samapika Debnath]]...
*[[Rupsha Guha]]...
*[[Nemai Ghosh (actor)|Nemai Ghosh]]...
*[[Iqbal Sultan]]....
*[[Mishar Ray]]...
*[[Partha Sarathi Deb]]...

==Censorship==
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay is in trouble with the regional Censor Board for some scenes in ''Kaal'' being ‘too graphic’. The scene is about the rape of an illegal migrant girl from [[Bangladesh]] by personnel of the [[Border Security Force]]. The director says that his film is on human trafficking and is based on NGO reports. He is now waiting for the revision committee to see his film. "The problem is that any criticism against any authority is met with iron clamps. The basic principles of democracy are being violated and the right to self-expression is either denied completely, or censored conveniently," says Bappaditya.
<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/archive/archive_fullstory.php?content_id=14842
|title=Kaal In trouble
|publisher=www.screenindia.com
|accessdate=2008-10-25
|last=Chatterji
|first=Shoma A
}}
</ref>



==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.citwf.com/film411897.htm www.citwf.com-Devaki]
*[http://www.gomolo.in/Movie/Movie.aspx?mid=15440 www.gomolo.in]
*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060113/asp/etc/story_5716835.asp www.telegraphindia.com]

[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:2007 drama films]]
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Films directed by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay]]

Kaal 2007 film - Revision history

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