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| Directed by | Tapan Sinha
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| Cinematography | Soumendu Roy |
| Edited by | Subodh Roy
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi
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Daughters of This Century is a 1995 Indian Hindi anthology film directed by Tapan Sinha.Template:Sfn[1] The film is composed of six segments. The fourth is based on the Bengali novel Ei Daho (1961) by Gour Kishore Ghosh, and each of the rest is based on a Bengali short story Template:Emdash Jibita o Mrita (1904) by Rabindranath Tagore, Abhagir Swarga (1918) by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Satgharia (1976) by Prafulla Roy, Kaanch (1984) by Dibyendu Palit and the last one by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay.[2][3] Each segment runs for 30 minutes. The film delves into the plight of Indian women in the 20th century.[4] It stars Shabana Azmi, Jaya Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Pallavi Joshi, Deepa Sahi, Nandita Das, Sulabha Deshpande, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Debashree Roy, Mamata Shankar, Pankaj Kapoor, Milind Gunaji, Kaushik Sen and Jeet.[4]
Despite an ensemble cast, the film was a critical and commercial failure. Most of the critics stated that Sinha failed to weave a strong screenplay. The performance of the cast was well-appreciated. It was screened at 28th International Film Festival of India held in Thiruvananthapuram, in 1997. At the Cairo International Film Festival in 2001, the film was screened without the last segment featuring Madhuri Dixit, because of time-constraint, and was nominated for Golden Pyramid Award.[5]Template:Sfn
Plot
Cast
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Reception
The film received positive reviews for the performance of the cast, but negative reviews followed for Sinha's weak screenplay.[6] Outlook wrote, "All the characters ignite sparks through their bright performances but fail to start the fire. In the end, the viewer feels let down by Sinha".[7] Monish Kumar Das of Upperstall.com describes the film to be "a strong statement depicting the neglect and abuse Indian women have faced throughout the 20th century."[3]
Accolades
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Notes
References
- ↑ Lights! Camera! Roy Da! Soumendu Roy in the Eyes of a Lady Behind the Lens. Bengal Film Archive. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ↑ Metro Recommends. www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tapan Sinha. Upperstall.com(2 October 2015). Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bengali filmmaker Tapan Sinha unveils his five-in-one film 'Daughters of This Century', Ghosh, Labonita. India Today(2 July 2001). Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ↑ Daughters of this Century for Cairo Festival(7 September 2001). Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ↑ TS. Rashtriya Sahara(2001).
- ↑ Daughters of This Template:Sic(5 February 2022). Retrieved 13 April 2025.
Bibliography
- Rashtriya Sahara{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Sahara India Mass Communication(1996)
- Reel Women: An International Directory of Contemporary Feature Films about Women{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC(26 March 2007). ISBN 978-1-4616-7082-7
- Conscience of the Race{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ISBN 9788123026619
- Adaptations: Some Journeys from Words to Visuals{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge Scholars Publishing(5 October 2015). ISBN 978-1-4438-8409-9