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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Mahalaya<br />
| image = <br />
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| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --><br />
| director = [[Soumik Sen]]<br />
| producer = Nideas Creations and Productions Pvt Ltd<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = Soumik Sen<br />
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| starring = [[Subhasish Mukherjee]]<br>[[Jisshu Sengupta]]<br>[[Subhomoy Chatterjee]]<br>[[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] <br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = Debojyoti Mishra<br />
| cinematography = Mrinmoy Nandi<br />
| editing = Niladri Roy<br />
| studio = Nideas Creations and Productions Pvt Ltd<br />
| distributor = [[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2019|03|01|India}} <br />
| runtime = 108 mins<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Bengali<br />
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'''''Mahalaya''''' (2019) is an Indian Bengali language [[drama]] film directed by [[Soumik Sen]] and produced by Nideas Creations and Productions Pvt Ltd. The film narrates an incident in Bengal in 1976, when [[Birendra Krishna Bhadra]] narrated and [[Pankaj Mullick]] composed widely popular [[Mahisasuramardini (radio programme)|Mahisasuramardini]] program, which has been playing on [[All India Radio]] since 1931 on the eve of [[Mahalaya]], was replaced by a new program [[Durga Durgatiharini]], narrated by Bengali film actor [[Uttam Kumar]] and composed by [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]. [[Subhasish Mukhopadhyay]] played the role of Bhadra and [[Jisshu Sengupta]] played the role of Uttam Kumar.<ref name="Mahalaya Review">{{cite news |title=Mahalaya Review {3.5/5}: The film does a fair job of merging the facts with the screenplay till the end credits roll |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/mahalaya/movie-review/68215274.cms |accessdate=20 May 2019 |work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="The Statesman">{{cite news |title=Mahalaya film review: Making a cultural statement |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/music/mahalaya-film-review-making-a-cultural-statement-1502735041.html |accessdate=20 May 2019 |work=The Statesman |date=2 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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The film was released theatrically on 1 March 2019.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Subhasish Mukherjee]] as [[Birendra Krishna Bhadra]]<br />
* [[Jisshu Sengupta]] as [[Uttam Kumar]]<br />
* Saptarshi Ray as [[Hemanta Mukhopadhyay]]<br />
* [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] as Shashi Sinha, Former I & B Secretary of India.<br />
* Subhomoy Chatterjee as [[Pankaj Mullick]]<br />
* [[Kanchan Mullick]] as Paritosh Banerjee, [[Indian Administrative Service]] Officer, Former [[Joint Secretary to the Government of India]] and husband of [[Shakuntala Devi]]<br />
* [[Jayant Kripalani]] as Harold Stevenson, former Director-general, Akashbani, Kolkata<br />
* [[Bhaswar Chatterjee]] as Anil Bagchi<br />
* [[Sudipa Basu]] as Ramarani Devi, wife of Birendra Krishna Bhadra<br />
* Devlina Kumar as daughter of Pankaj Mullick<br />
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==Release==<br />
The official trailer of the film was released by Nideas Creations & Productions on 9 February 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qdq1Iulcfqc|title=Mahalaya Official Trailer - Jisshu - Subhasish - Subhomoy - Prosenjit - Soumik Sen - Nideas|publisher=Nideas|website=YouTube|date=9 February 2019}}</ref><br />
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The film was released theatrically on 1 March 2019.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|9179414}}<br />
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[[Category:2019 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Soumik Sen]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2010s Bengali-language films]]<br />
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