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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Alo<br />
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| director = [[Tarun Majumder]]<br />
| based_on = {{Based on|''Kinnordol''|[[Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay]]}}<br />
| screenplay = [[Tarun Majumder]]<br />
| starring = [[Rituparna Sengupta]]<br />[[Abhishek Chatterjee]]<br />[[Soumili Biswas]]<br>Bhaswar Chatterjee<br>Bharati Devi<br>[[Gyanesh Mukherjee]]<br />
| music = Arundhati Hom Choudhury<br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2003|11|28|India}}<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
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'''''Alo''''' ([[English language|English]]: Light) is a 2003 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] family drama film directed by [[Tarun Majumder]] and starring [[Rituparna Sengupta]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-03-20|title=Tarun Majumdar returns to direction after a gap of eight years|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/tarun-majumdar-returns-to-direction-after-a-gap-of-eight-years/story-C8LAbdDRzUbPUgQEgfiIkL.html|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> The story is based on a short story ''Kinnardal'' by [[Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-12-29|title=Narrative of Tagore’s songs used in Tarun Majumdar’s Alo (2003)|url=https://learningandcreativity.com/silhouette/narrative-tagores-songs-used-tarun-majumdars-alo-2003/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Silhouette Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> It was shown in Bengal cinemas for eight months and broke several box office records.<ref>{{cite news |title=America to bestow Tarun |url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=8426 |work=[[Screen India]] |date=25 June 2004 |accessdate=4 March 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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The film was nominated for a [[National Film Awards|National Award]] in the category "best film providing popular and wholesome entertainment".<ref>{{cite news |title=Alo aims for National Award |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13021554_ITM |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 July 2004 |accessdate=4 March 2010 }}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
''Alo'' is an educated [[Kolkata]] based woman come to her husband's ancestral village after marriage. Her husband Shuvo is a teacher works in Kolkata. Alo starts living with the poverty stricken villagers. Alo enlightens their lifestyle, morally as well as culturally. She becomes an idol of adoration. She dies while giving birth to her daughter but literally stands up to the meaning of her name Alo, means light or ray of hope.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Alo' (2003) - Bengali movies that broke our hearts with their tragic endings|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/bengali-movies-that-broke-our-hearts-with-their-tragic-endings/Alo-2003/photostory/64124498.cms|access-date=2020-08-02|website=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Rituparna Sengupta]] as Alo<br />
* [[Abhishek Chatterjee]]<br />
* [[Soumili Biswas]]<br />
* Bhaswar Chatterjee as Himu<br />
* Bharati Devi<br />
* [[Gyanesh Mukherjee]]<br />
* [[Kunal Mitra]] as Shuvo<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Tarun Majumdar}}<br />
{{Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* IMDb title|0390831}}<br />
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[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Tarun Majumdar]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]<br />
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