| Directed by | Gautam Ghose |
|---|---|
| Written by | Goutam Ghose Partha Banerjee |
| Produced by | Government of West Bengal |
| Starring | Mamata Shankar Robin Sen Gupta Sunil Mukherjee Sujal Roy Chowdhury |
| Cinematography | Goutam Ghose
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| Music by | Goutam Ghose
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali
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Dakhal (Template:Trans) is a 1981 Indian Bengali film directed by Gautam Ghose, with Mamata Shankar, Robin Sen Gupta, Sunil Mukherjee and Sujal Roy Chowdhury in lead roles. The film is about a woman belonging to nomadic tribe from Andhra Pradesh, known as crow hunters, who elopes and moves to south Bengal and makes a living by occult practices. It deals with the issue of exploitation of tribal people by the deceitful landlord.[1][2] The film was based on Amma, a short story of Sushil Jana.[3][4]
This the first Bengali-language feature film by Ghosh, who had previously made documentaries and Maa Bhoomi in Telugu.[2] At the 29th National Film Awards it won the awards for Best Feature Film.[5][6] At the 11th International Human Rights Film Festival in Paris it won the Grand Jury Prize.[1]
Cast
- Mamata Shankar as Andi
- Robin Sen Gupta
- Sunil Mukherjee
- Sujal Roy Chowdhury
- Bimal Deb
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 One Hundred Indian Feature Films: An Annotated Filmography{{#if:Banerjee|, Banerjee}. Routledge(2013). ISBN 978-1-135-84098-3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Conscience of the race: India's offbeat cinema{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India(2005). ISBN 978-81-230-1298-8
- ↑ Natuna Bāṃlā sinemā{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Bāṇīśilpa(1984)
- ↑ কলকাতার কড়চা. www.anandabazar.com. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
- ↑ 29th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India.
- ↑ 29th National Film Awards (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals.
External links
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