Moner Manush

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{{for|1997 Kolkata film|Moner Manush (1997 film)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Moner Manush
| image = Moner Manush.jpg
| caption = Theatrical Release Poster
| director = [[Goutam Ghose]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* Gautam Kundu
* Habibur Rahman Khan
}}
| screenplay = Goutam Ghose
| based_on = {{Based on|''Moner Manush''|[[Sunil Gangopadhyay]]}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Prosenjit]]
* [[Priyanshu Chatterjee]]
* [[Raisul Islam Asad]]
* [[Paoli Dam]]
}}
| music = Goutam Ghose
| cinematography = Sunirmal Majumder
| editing = Moloy Banerjee
| distributor = {{Plainlist|
* [[Impress Telefilm Ltd]].
* Rosevalley Films Ltd.
* Vesctesh Films Pvt. Ltd.
}}
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|12|3}}
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = {{Plainlist|
* [[India]]
* [[Bangladesh]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Bhattacharya |first=Pallab |date=18 October 2010 |title='Moner Manush' heads for Goa film fest |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=158827 |work=The Daily Star |location=Dhaka |access-date=23 August 2011}}</ref>
}}
| language = Bengali
| native_name = মনের মানুষ
}}
'''''Moner Manush''''' ({{lang-bn|মনের মানুষ|lit=Ideal Person}}) is a 2010 [[Indo-Bangladesh joint production|India-Bangladesh]] joint venture [[Bengali-language]] [[biographical film|biographical]] [[musical drama film]] based on the life and philosophy of [[Lalon]], a noted spiritual leader, poet and folk singer of Bengal in the 19th century. Directed by [[Goutam Ghose]], the film has [[Prosenjit]] as the lead actor portraying the character of Lalan Fakir. [[Paoli Dam]] plays the character of Komli, the key female disciple of Lalan, critically and commercially success.

==Plot==
[[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s elder brother [[Jyotirindranath Tagore]], a Western educated bright young man from the 19th century Bengal met the octogenarian Lalan Fakir and drew a portrait of the poet saint in the former houseboat afloat on the [[Padma river]]. Jyotirindranath, an urban intellectual, exchanges views with the man of native wisdom. Their exchange of ideas forms the cinematic narrative of this film. The narrative is a saga of the life and time of Lalan Fakir and his liberal sect who lived a life of high order in an otherwise superstitious 19th century Indian society. Lalan inherited the best of the liberal and enlightened tradition of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam to develop a philosophy of life which is extremely secular and tolerant. Thus became an easy prey for the fundamentalists from the Hindu and the Muslim institutions. They were the parallel stream flowing freely in the heart of rural Bengal when men like Tagore were germinating ideas of the Bengal Renaissance. The love and compassion of Lalan is relevant more than ever in today's world of intolerance and hate.

==Cast==
* [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] as [[Lalon]]
* [[Priyanshu Chatterjee]] as [[Jyotirindranath Tagore]]
* [[Chanchal Chowdhury]] as Kaluah
* [[Raisul Islam Asad]] as Siraj Saain
* [[Champa (actress)|Gulshan Ara Champa]] as Padmabati, Lalon's mother
* [[Sudeshna Swayamprabha]] as Golapi
* [[Paoli Dam]] as Komli
* [[Shuvra Kundu]] as Bhanumati
* [[Shantilal Mukherjee]] as [[Kangal Harinath]]
* [[Anirban Guha]] as [[Mir Mosharraf Hossain]]
* Shahed Ali as [[Duddu Shah]]

==Awards==
The film won the top award at the [[41st International Film Festival of India]], in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sahani |first=Alaka |author-link=Alaka Sahani |date=3 December 2010 |title=Ghose's Moner Manush wins top award at IFFI |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/ghose-s-moner-manush-wins-top-award-at-iffi/719754/0 |newspaper=The Indian Express}}</ref> The movie has also won the award for [[Best Feature Film on National Integration]] and [[National Film Award for Best Make-up Artist]] at [[58th National Film Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Tankha |first=Madhur |author-link=Madhur Tankha |date=10 September 2011 |title=Southern sweep at the National Film Awards |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Southern-sweep-at-the-National-Film-Awards/article13590316.ece |newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite news |author=Ziya Us Salam |author-link=Ziya Us Salam |date=15 October 2010 |title=Reels of poetry |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Reels-of-poetry/article15780320.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |type=Interview}}
* {{cite news |title=I slept on floor for months for 'Moner Manush' role: Prosenjit |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/117954/i-slept-floor-months-moner.html |newspaper=Deccan Herald |date=4 December 2010 |type=Interview}}
* {{cite news |last=Jana |first=Kathakali |date=6 December 2010 |title='Moner Manush' revives the 'baul' philosophy in today's times (Bengali film review) |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/moner-manush-revives-the-baul-philosophy-in-todays-times-bengali-film-review_100470099.html |newspaper=Thaindian News}}
* {{cite news |last=Niyogi |first=Subhro |date=11 December 2010 |title=Magic of Moner Manush leaves Kolkata and Dhaka in a trance |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Magic-of-Moner-Manush-leaves-Kolkata-and-Dhaka-in-a-trance/articleshow/7079897.cms? |newspaper=The Times of India}}
* {{cite news |last=Dasgupta |first=Priyanka |date=11 December 2010 |title=Moner Manush [Bengali] |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/moner-manush/movie-review/7083788.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |type=Review}}
* {{cite news |last=Swamy |first=Rohan |date=22 May 2011 |title=Cosmetic Company |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/cosmetic-company/ |newspaper=The Indian Express}}
* {{cite news |title=TV premier of 'Moner Manush' on May 20 |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2354509391.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118015453/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2354509391.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 November 2018 |newspaper=The New Nation |date=22 May 2011 |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |url-access=subscription }}
* {{cite news |title='Moner Manush still running successfully in Bangladesh' |agency=PTI |date=22 May 2011}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=1815837|title=Moner Manush}}

{{Goutam Ghose}}
{{Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration}}

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[[Category:2010 films]]
[[Category:2010s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:2010 biographical drama films]]
[[Category:2010s musical drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Indian biographical drama films]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi biographical drama films]]
[[Category:Indian musical drama films]]
[[Category:Films about Lalon]]
[[Category:Indo-Bangladesh joint production]]
[[Category:Films that won the National Film Award for Best Make-up]]
[[Category:Best Film on National Integration National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Films directed by Goutam Ghose]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi musical drama films]]

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