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{{Infobox film
| name = Kangal Malsat
| image = Kangal Malsat movie poster.jpg
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| director = [[Suman Mukhopadhyay]]
| producer = Pawan Kanodia
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| based_on = {{based on|''Kangal Malsat''|Nabarun Bhattacharya}}
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| cinematography = [[Avik Mukhopadhyay]]
| editing = [[Arghyakamal Mitra]]
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|08|02}}
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| country = India
| language = Bengali
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'''''Kangal Malsat''''' ("War Cry of the Have-Nots") is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] political satire film<ref name=Hat-trick /> directed by [[Suman Mukhopadhyay]] and based on the novel of the same name written by [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]]. {{As of|2013|02}}, the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] denied approval to the film, citing distortion of history, excessive use of abusive language, sexuality, and the portrayal of social movements in a harmful way.<ref name="Bengali film, critical of Mamata Banerjee, blocked by regional censor board">{{cite news|title=Bengali film, critical of Mamata Banerjee, blocked by regional censor board|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/bengali-film-critical-of-mamata-banerjee-blocked-by-regional-censor-board-335125|accessdate=1 March 2013|newspaper=NDTV}}</ref> The film got a clearance in the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal in the first week of March 2013.<ref name="Kangal Malsat cleared by tribunal with cuts" /> Finally the film is set to be released on 2 August 2013.

== Plot ==
In the Bengali language, the name of the film literally translates to "War cry of the Beggars". The film shows two imaginary groups of contemporary [[West Bengal|Bengal]]: The [[Fyataru|fyataru]], flying human beings, and the Choktor, a black magic Bhodi sect. The head of the Choktors, initiates a total war against the ruling political party of West Bengal, India. Fyatarus join hands with Choktors. Advised by Calcutta's progenitors, the Dandabayash (ageless primordial talking crow) and an Indo-colonial half-breed Begum Johnson initiate a historic insurrection. Jointly, they launch guerrilla attacks against the Government. Skulls dance in crematoria and flying-discs flutter in the skies, crying anarchy. Resident ghosts gossip and prattle, and the police is in total confusion. Government is forced to surrender and offer a peace proposal to the joint force.
This anarchic film dissects almost everything wrong in the city with a cinematic knife that was sharpened on trenchant farce and fantasy.<ref name=Hat-trick>{{cite news|title=Hat-trick|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120117/jsp/entertainment/story_15013175.jsp#.UTBhrTeElZM|accessdate=1 March 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph, Calcutta|location=Calcutta, India|first=Kushali|last=Nag|date=17 January 2012}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* [[Kabir Suman]] as Dandabayosh (The crow)
* [[Kaushik Ganguly]] as Marshal Bhodi
* [[Shantilal Mukherjee]] as Madan
* [[Kamalika Banerjee]] as Bhodi's wife
* [[Ushasie Chakraborty]] as Kali
* Joyraj Bhattacharjee as Purandar Bhat
* [[Dibyendu Bhattacharya]] as D S
* [[Dwijen Bandopadhyay]] as Anadi Pramanik
* [[Disha Mishra]] as Mohini

== Controversies ==
In February 2013, Central Board of Film Certification refused to pass the film. The letter of denial cited excessive use of abusive language, sexuality, frivolous approach in portraying of social movements and negative portrayal of the character [[Joseph Stalin]].<ref name="Bengali film, critical of Mamata Banerjee, blocked by regional censor board" /><ref name="Censors cite Stalin & CM!">{{cite news|title=Censors cite Stalin & CM!|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130225/jsp/calcutta/story_16601307.jsp#.UTBnVjeElZM|accessdate=1 March 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph Calcutta|location=Calcutta, India|first=Mohua|last=Das|date=25 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Denial of approval to Kangal Malsat political">{{cite news|title=Denial of approval to Kangal Malsat political|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/denial-of-approval-to-kangal-malsat-political/article4449563.ece|accessdate=1 March 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|location=Chennai, India|date=24 February 2013}}</ref>

Mukhopadhyay, the director of the film, was angry that the film was blocked by the censor board and he said in an interview: "It is frightening because it is interference of an artist's work and it is happening again and again in West Bengal. It is not the first time. There was Ambikesh Mahapatra cartoon case, there was the segregation of newspapers and TV channels as friendly and not friendly, there was the student who was called a Maoist because she asked a question. All these small events are symptomatic of a mindset of what I will say are fascist tendencies."<ref name="Bengali film, critical of Mamata Banerjee, blocked by regional censor board" />

In March 2013, the film was cleared by the tribunal and most objections raised by the Censor Board was rejected by the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal headed by chairman Lalit Bhasin. But, they did not allow to portray the full oath of [[Mamata Banerjee]] as West Bengal's Chief Minister, since they felt it was not a biopic on Banerjee and the filmmakers were asked to cut the 76 words' oath by fifty per cent.<ref name="Kangal Malsat cleared by tribunal with cuts">{{cite news|title=Kangal Malsat cleared by tribunal with cuts|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-06/kolkata/37499388_1_kangal-malsat-kangal-malsat-film-certification|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402085244/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-06/kolkata/37499388_1_kangal-malsat-kangal-malsat-film-certification|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 April 2013|accessdate=7 March 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=6 March 2013}}</ref>

A particular scene of the movie involving Disha Mishra was in controversy due to nudity and graphic depiction of Sex.

== See also ==
* ''[[Herbert (film)]]''
* [[Fyataru]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2934644}}

[[Category:2010s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay]]

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