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	'''''Janani'''''{{efn\|title=pronounciation\|Pronounced as 'Jononee'.}} ({{lit\|Mother}}) is a 1993 Bengali film directed and produced by Sanat Dasgupta with a financial assistance from [[National Film Development Corporation of India]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Janani (1993)\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/janani/movieshow/66145869.cms\|website=The Times of India\|url-status=live\|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/marquee/mahasweta-devi-celluloid-1502785177.html\|title=Mahasweta Devi on celluloid\|last=\|first=\|date=2019-08-03\|website=The Statesman\|language=en-US\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html\|title=Media Gallery -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> The film narrates the life of a little boy and his ostracized mother who is isolated from him as she is believed to be a witch in the village she lives in.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://sol.du.ac.in/mod/book/view.php?id=1474&chapterid=1383\|title=SM2-Gender: LESSON 2 GENDER, CULTURE AND HISTORY\|website=sol.du.ac.in\|language=en\|access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://chasingcinema.wordpress.com/category/bengali-films/page/6/\|title=Bengali films {{!}} Talking about cinema {{!}} Page 6\|website=chasingcinema.wordpress.com\|language=en\|access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref> It is based on a Bengali short story named ''Baen'' ([[Bengali language\|Bengali]]: বাঁয়েন) written by the renowned Bengali author [[Mahasweta Devi]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ef9f5ac\|title=JANANI (1994)\|work=BFI\|access-date=2017-05-30\|language=en}}</ref> It was scripted by [[Partha Banerjee]], Ashutosh Sarkar and Sanat Dasgupta himself.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html\|title=Media Gallery -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> The music of the film was scored by Partha Sengupta.<ref~~>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html\|title~~=Media Gallery ~~-\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-30}}<~~/~~ref~~> It stars [[Roopa Ganguly]] in the central role.<ref>{{Citation\|title=Mother (1993)\|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0359497/\|language=en\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Citation\|title=Janani\|url=http://m.filmweb.pl/film/Janani-1993-377874\|language=pl\|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>		'''''Janani'''''{{efn\|title=pronounciation\|Pronounced as 'Jononee'.}} ({{lit\|Mother}}) is a 1993 Bengali film directed and produced by Sanat Dasgupta with a financial assistance from [[National Film Development Corporation of India]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Janani (1993)\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/janani/movieshow/66145869.cms\|website=The Times of India\|url-status=live\|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/marquee/mahasweta-devi-celluloid-1502785177.html\|title=Mahasweta Devi on celluloid\|last=\|first=\|date=2019-08-03\|website=The Statesman\|language=en-US\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html\|title=Media Gallery -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> The film narrates the life of a little boy and his ostracized mother who is isolated from him as she is believed to be a witch in the village she lives in.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://sol.du.ac.in/mod/book/view.php?id=1474&chapterid=1383\|title=SM2-Gender: LESSON 2 GENDER, CULTURE AND HISTORY\|website=sol.du.ac.in\|language=en\|access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://chasingcinema.wordpress.com/category/bengali-films/page/6/\|title=Bengali films {{!}} Talking about cinema {{!}} Page 6\|website=chasingcinema.wordpress.com\|language=en\|access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref> It is based on a Bengali short story named ''Baen'' ([[Bengali language\|Bengali]]: বাঁয়েন) written by the renowned Bengali author [[Mahasweta Devi]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ef9f5ac\|title=JANANI (1994)\|work=BFI\|access-date=2017-05-30\|language=en}}</ref> It was scripted by [[Partha Banerjee]], Ashutosh Sarkar and Sanat Dasgupta himself.<ref name="Media Gallery">{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html\|title=Media Gallery -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> The music of the film was scored by Partha Sengupta.<ref name="Media Gallery"/> It stars [[Roopa Ganguly]] in the central role.<ref>{{Citation\|title=Mother (1993)\|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0359497/\|language=en\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Citation\|title=Janani\|url=http://m.filmweb.pl/film/Janani-1993-377874\|language=pl\|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>

	The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues]] in 1993 for its delicate portrayal of an obscurantist practice like witchcraft, prevalent in certain parts of the country.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf\|title=Directorate of Film Festival\|website=iffi.nic.in\|access-date=2017-05-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928072259/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf\|archive-date=28 September 2011\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1993\|title=National Film Awards (1993)\|website=gomolo.com\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> The film was internationally screened under the title ''Mother''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/3616491-mother/\|title=KVIFF {{!}} Mother\|website=www.kviff.com\|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> For its social issues, the film attracted attention at several international film festivals. It was nominated for the [[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)\|Crystal Globe]] Award but lost to [[Mariano Barroso]]'s film ''My Soul Brother'' (1994).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/peliculas/mi_hermano_del_alma.html\|title=My Soul Brother: a film by Mariano Barroso. Film at Spain is culture.\|website=www.spainisculture.com\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> It won the [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] - Special Mention at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]], 1994.<ref name="Kar" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://old.gep.de/interfilm/englisch/interfilm3850_15207.htm\|title=Interfilm - Das Netzwerk kirchlicher Filmarbeit!\|last=Visarius\|first=Karsten\|website=old.gep.de\|access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref> It was also screened in the category "Cinema of Today : Reflections of Our Time" at the [[Montreal World Film Festival]], 1994.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/awards--achievements.html\|title=Awards & Achievements -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> It was also screened at several other international film festivals including [[Cairo International Film Festival]], 1994 and [[Dhaka International Film Festival]], 1994 as closing film.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/awards--achievements.html\|title=Awards & Achievements -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> The film was not theatrically released in [[India]].		The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues]] in 1993 for its delicate portrayal of an obscurantist practice like witchcraft, prevalent in certain parts of the country.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf\|title=Directorate of Film Festival\|website=iffi.nic.in\|access-date=2017-05-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928072259/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf\|archive-date=28 September 2011\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1993\|title=National Film Awards (1993)\|website=gomolo.com\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> The film was internationally screened under the title ''Mother''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/3616491-mother/\|title=KVIFF {{!}} Mother\|website=www.kviff.com\|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> For its social issues, the film attracted attention at several international film festivals. It was nominated for the [[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)\|Crystal Globe]] Award but lost to [[Mariano Barroso]]'s film ''My Soul Brother'' (1994).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/peliculas/mi_hermano_del_alma.html\|title=My Soul Brother: a film by Mariano Barroso. Film at Spain is culture.\|website=www.spainisculture.com\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> It won the [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] - Special Mention at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]], 1994.<ref name="Kar" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://old.gep.de/interfilm/englisch/interfilm3850_15207.htm\|title=Interfilm - Das Netzwerk kirchlicher Filmarbeit!\|last=Visarius\|first=Karsten\|website=old.gep.de\|access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref> It was also screened in the category "Cinema of Today : Reflections of Our Time" at the [[Montreal World Film Festival]], 1994.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/awards--achievements.html\|title=Awards & Achievements -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> It was also screened at several other international film festivals including [[Cairo International Film Festival]], 1994 and [[Dhaka International Film Festival]], 1994 as closing film.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/awards--achievements.html\|title=Awards & Achievements -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> The film was not theatrically released in [[India]].

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	'''''Janani''''' (~~[[Bengali language~~\|~~Bengali]] : জননী, Jononee~~) is a 1993 Bengali film directed and produced by Sanat Dasgupta with a financial assistance from [[National Film Development Corporation of India]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Janani (1993)\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/janani/movieshow/66145869.cms\|website=The Times of India\|url-status=live\|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/marquee/mahasweta-devi-celluloid-1502785177.html\|title=Mahasweta Devi on celluloid\|last=\|first=\|date=2019-08-03\|website=The Statesman\|language=en-US\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html\|title=Media Gallery -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> The film narrates the life of a little boy and his ostracized mother who is isolated from him as she is believed to be a witch in the village she lives in.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://sol.du.ac.in/mod/book/view.php?id=1474&chapterid=1383\|title=SM2-Gender: LESSON 2 GENDER, CULTURE AND HISTORY\|website=sol.du.ac.in\|language=en\|access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://chasingcinema.wordpress.com/category/bengali-films/page/6/\|title=Bengali films {{!}} Talking about cinema {{!}} Page 6\|website=chasingcinema.wordpress.com\|language=en\|access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref> It is based on a Bengali short story named ''Baen'' ([[Bengali language\|Bengali]]: বাঁয়েন) written by the renowned Bengali author [[Mahasweta Devi]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ef9f5ac\|title=JANANI (1994)\|work=BFI\|access-date=2017-05-30\|language=en}}</ref> It was scripted by [[Partha Banerjee]], Ashutosh Sarkar and Sanat Dasgupta himself.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html\|title=Media Gallery -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> The music of the film was scored by Partha Sengupta.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html\|title=Media Gallery -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> It stars [[Roopa Ganguly]] in the central role.<ref>{{Citation\|title=Mother (1993)\|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0359497/\|language=en\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Citation\|title=Janani\|url=http://m.filmweb.pl/film/Janani-1993-377874\|language=pl\|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>		'''''Janani'''''{{efn\|title=pronounciation\|Pronounced as 'Jononee'.}} ({{lit\|Mother}}) is a 1993 Bengali film directed and produced by Sanat Dasgupta with a financial assistance from [[National Film Development Corporation of India]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Janani (1993)\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/janani/movieshow/66145869.cms\|website=The Times of India\|url-status=live\|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/marquee/mahasweta-devi-celluloid-1502785177.html\|title=Mahasweta Devi on celluloid\|last=\|first=\|date=2019-08-03\|website=The Statesman\|language=en-US\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html\|title=Media Gallery -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> The film narrates the life of a little boy and his ostracized mother who is isolated from him as she is believed to be a witch in the village she lives in.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://sol.du.ac.in/mod/book/view.php?id=1474&chapterid=1383\|title=SM2-Gender: LESSON 2 GENDER, CULTURE AND HISTORY\|website=sol.du.ac.in\|language=en\|access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://chasingcinema.wordpress.com/category/bengali-films/page/6/\|title=Bengali films {{!}} Talking about cinema {{!}} Page 6\|website=chasingcinema.wordpress.com\|language=en\|access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref> It is based on a Bengali short story named ''Baen'' ([[Bengali language\|Bengali]]: বাঁয়েন) written by the renowned Bengali author [[Mahasweta Devi]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ef9f5ac\|title=JANANI (1994)\|work=BFI\|access-date=2017-05-30\|language=en}}</ref> It was scripted by [[Partha Banerjee]], Ashutosh Sarkar and Sanat Dasgupta himself.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html\|title=Media Gallery -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> The music of the film was scored by Partha Sengupta.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html\|title=Media Gallery -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> It stars [[Roopa Ganguly]] in the central role.<ref>{{Citation\|title=Mother (1993)\|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0359497/\|language=en\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Citation\|title=Janani\|url=http://m.filmweb.pl/film/Janani-1993-377874\|language=pl\|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>

	The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues]] in 1993 for its delicate portrayal of an obscurantist practice like witchcraft, prevalent in certain parts of the country.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf\|title=Directorate of Film Festival\|website=iffi.nic.in\|access-date=2017-05-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928072259/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf\|archive-date=28 September 2011\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1993\|title=National Film Awards (1993)\|website=gomolo.com\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> The film was internationally screened under the title ''Mother''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/3616491-mother/\|title=KVIFF {{!}} Mother\|website=www.kviff.com\|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> For its social issues, the film attracted attention at several international film festivals. It was nominated for the [[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)\|Crystal Globe]] Award but lost to [[Mariano Barroso]]'s film ''My Soul Brother'' (1994).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/peliculas/mi_hermano_del_alma.html\|title=My Soul Brother: a film by Mariano Barroso. Film at Spain is culture.\|website=www.spainisculture.com\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> It won the [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] - Special Mention at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]], 1994.<ref name="Kar" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://old.gep.de/interfilm/englisch/interfilm3850_15207.htm\|title=Interfilm - Das Netzwerk kirchlicher Filmarbeit!\|last=Visarius\|first=Karsten\|website=old.gep.de\|access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref> It was also screened in the category "Cinema of Today : Reflections of Our Time" at the [[Montreal World Film Festival]], 1994.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/awards--achievements.html\|title=Awards & Achievements -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> It was also screened at several other international film festivals including [[Cairo International Film Festival]], 1994 and [[Dhaka International Film Festival]], 1994 as closing film.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/awards--achievements.html\|title=Awards & Achievements -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> The film was not theatrically released in [[India]].		The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues]] in 1993 for its delicate portrayal of an obscurantist practice like witchcraft, prevalent in certain parts of the country.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf\|title=Directorate of Film Festival\|website=iffi.nic.in\|access-date=2017-05-29\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928072259/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf\|archive-date=28 September 2011\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1993\|title=National Film Awards (1993)\|website=gomolo.com\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> The film was internationally screened under the title ''Mother''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/3616491-mother/\|title=KVIFF {{!}} Mother\|website=www.kviff.com\|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> For its social issues, the film attracted attention at several international film festivals. It was nominated for the [[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)\|Crystal Globe]] Award but lost to [[Mariano Barroso]]'s film ''My Soul Brother'' (1994).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/peliculas/mi_hermano_del_alma.html\|title=My Soul Brother: a film by Mariano Barroso. Film at Spain is culture.\|website=www.spainisculture.com\|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> It won the [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] - Special Mention at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]], 1994.<ref name="Kar" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://old.gep.de/interfilm/englisch/interfilm3850_15207.htm\|title=Interfilm - Das Netzwerk kirchlicher Filmarbeit!\|last=Visarius\|first=Karsten\|website=old.gep.de\|access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref> It was also screened in the category "Cinema of Today : Reflections of Our Time" at the [[Montreal World Film Festival]], 1994.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/awards--achievements.html\|title=Awards & Achievements -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> It was also screened at several other international film festivals including [[Cairo International Film Festival]], 1994 and [[Dhaka International Film Festival]], 1994 as closing film.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/awards--achievements.html\|title=Awards & Achievements -\|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com\|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> The film was not theatrically released in [[India]].
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{{Infobox film
| name = Janani (1993 film)
| image = File:Roopa Ganguly in Janani (1993).jpeg
| caption = [[Roopa Ganguly]] in a still from the film
| director = Sanat Dasgupta<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reader.magzter.com/reader/14yiqphkh42dlmg9b8azjp42524614464055/425246#page/26|title=হারিয়ে যাওয়া সেই ছবির কথা|website=reader.magzter.com|publisher=[[Anandalok]]|url-status=live|access-date=19 March 2020}}</ref>
| producer = Sanat Dasgupta
| writer =
| screenplay = [[Partha Banerjee]] Ashutosh Sarkar Sanat Dasgupta
| story = [[Mahasweta Devi]]
| starring = [[Roopa Ganguly]] Debesh Roy Chowdhury Shuvojit Dasgupta Gyanesh Mukherjee
| music = Partha Sengupta
| cinematography =
| editing = Prosanto Dey
| distributor =
| released =
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
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'''''Janani''''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]] : জননী, Jononee) is a 1993 Bengali film directed and produced by Sanat Dasgupta with a financial assistance from [[National Film Development Corporation of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Janani (1993)|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/janani/movieshow/66145869.cms|website=The Times of India|url-status=live|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/marquee/mahasweta-devi-celluloid-1502785177.html|title=Mahasweta Devi on celluloid|last=|first=|date=2019-08-03|website=The Statesman|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html|title=Media Gallery -|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> The film narrates the life of a little boy and his ostracized mother who is isolated from him as she is believed to be a witch in the village she lives in.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sol.du.ac.in/mod/book/view.php?id=1474&chapterid=1383|title=SM2-Gender: LESSON 2 GENDER, CULTURE AND HISTORY|website=sol.du.ac.in|language=en|access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chasingcinema.wordpress.com/category/bengali-films/page/6/|title=Bengali films {{!}} Talking about cinema {{!}} Page 6|website=chasingcinema.wordpress.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-05}}</ref> It is based on a Bengali short story named ''Baen'' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: বাঁয়েন) written by the renowned Bengali author [[Mahasweta Devi]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ef9f5ac|title=JANANI (1994)|work=BFI|access-date=2017-05-30|language=en}}</ref> It was scripted by [[Partha Banerjee]], Ashutosh Sarkar and Sanat Dasgupta himself.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html|title=Media Gallery -|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> The music of the film was scored by Partha Sengupta.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/media-gallery.html|title=Media Gallery -|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> It stars [[Roopa Ganguly]] in the central role.<ref>{{Citation|title=Mother (1993)|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0359497/|language=en|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Janani|url=http://m.filmweb.pl/film/Janani-1993-377874|language=pl|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>

The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues]] in 1993 for its delicate portrayal of an obscurantist practice like witchcraft, prevalent in certain parts of the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf|title=Directorate of Film Festival|website=iffi.nic.in|access-date=2017-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928072259/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf|archive-date=28 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1993|title=National Film Awards (1993)|website=gomolo.com|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> The film was internationally screened under the title ''Mother''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/3616491-mother/|title=KVIFF {{!}} Mother|website=www.kviff.com|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> For its social issues, the film attracted attention at several international film festivals. It was nominated for the [[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)|Crystal Globe]] Award but lost to [[Mariano Barroso]]'s film ''My Soul Brother'' (1994).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/peliculas/mi_hermano_del_alma.html|title=My Soul Brother: a film by Mariano Barroso. Film at Spain is culture.|website=www.spainisculture.com|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> It won the [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] - Special Mention at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]], 1994.<ref name="Kar" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://old.gep.de/interfilm/englisch/interfilm3850_15207.htm|title=Interfilm - Das Netzwerk kirchlicher Filmarbeit!|last=Visarius|first=Karsten|website=old.gep.de|access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref> It was also screened in the category "Cinema of Today : Reflections of Our Time" at the [[Montreal World Film Festival]], 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/awards--achievements.html|title=Awards & Achievements -|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> It was also screened at several other international film festivals including [[Cairo International Film Festival]], 1994 and [[Dhaka International Film Festival]], 1994 as closing film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sanatdasgupta.weebly.com/awards--achievements.html|title=Awards & Achievements -|website=sanatdasgupta.weebly.com|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref> The film was not theatrically released in [[India]].

== Cast ==
* [[Roopa Ganguly]]
* Debesh Roy Chowdhury
* Suvojit Dasgupta
* Gyanesh Mukherjee
* Nemai Ghosh
* Ramen Roy Chowdhury
* Rajat Sen Gupta
* Simanta Chatterjee

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Result
!{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|1993
!bgcolor|[[National Film Award]]
|Best Film on Other Social Issues
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf|title=Directorate of Film Festival|website=iffi.nic.in|access-date=2017-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928072259/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm41thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=41NFA.pdf|archive-date=28 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2" |1994
!bgcolor|[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] at [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]]
| Special Mention
|{{Won}}
|<ref name="Kar">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000384/1994|title=Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (1994)|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref>
|-
!bgcolor|[[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)|Crystal Globe]]
|Best Feature Film
|{{Nom}}
|<ref name="Kar" />
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDB title|id=0359497}}

[[Category:1993 films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Best Film on Other Social Issues National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:1990s Bengali-language films]]