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{{Short description|Indian Bengali film by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee}}
{{About|the 2013 film|the 1960 film|Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960 film)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Meghe Dhaka Tara
| image = Meghe Dhaka Tara 2013 poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = [[Kamaleshwar Mukherjee]]
| producer = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| writer = Kamaleswar Mukherjee
| story = Kamaleswar Mukherjee
| screenplay = Kamaleswar Mukherjee
| starring = [[Saswata Chatterjee]] [[Ananya Chatterjee]] [[Abir Chatterjee]] [[Rahul Banerjee (actor)|Rahul Banerjee]] Joydeep Mukherjee Abhijit Guha Ritwik Chakrabarty Anindya Bose [[Mumtaz Sorcar]] [[Bidipta Chakraborty|Bidipta Chakrabarty]] [[Subhasish Mukhopadhyay]] [[Biswajit Chakraborty]] [[Debpratim Dasgupta]] [[Anirban Guha]]
| music = [[Debojyoti Mishra]] [[Salil Chowdhury]] [[Rabindranath Tagore]]
| cinematography = Soumik Haldar
| editing = Rabiranjan Moitra
| studio = Shree Venkatesh Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|06|14|Kolkata}}
| runtime = 2 hours 32 minutes<ref name="ToI 19 June 2013" />
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Meghe Dhaka Tara''''' ({{Translation|Cloud Capped Star}};
{{IPA|bn|meːɡʱeː ɖʱaːkaː taːra}}) is a 2013 [[India]]n [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film directed by [[Kamaleswar Mukherjee]] and made under [[Shree Venkatesh Films]] banners. The film is inspired by the life and works of Bengali film director [[Ritwik Ghatak]].<ref name="KM interview">{{cite news|title=Kamaleswar's next film is 'Meghe Dhaka Tara'|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-12/news-interviews/33166731_1_kamaleswar-mukherjee-ritwik-ghatak-meghe-dhaka-tara |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922113657/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-12/news-interviews/33166731_1_kamaleswar-mukherjee-ritwik-ghatak-meghe-dhaka-tara |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 September 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Ritwik Ghatak Meghe Dhaka Tara">{{cite news|title=Ritwik Ghatak Meghe Dhaka Tara|access-date=6 October 2012|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120616/jsp/entertainment/story_15616492.jsp#.UHCyfs95MxA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620081640/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120616/jsp/entertainment/story_15616492.jsp#.UHCyfs95MxA|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 June 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=India|date=16 June 2012}}</ref> The entire film is in black and white except the last scene which has been shot in colour.<ref name="মেঘে ঢাকা ঋত্বিক" /><ref name="MDT VF 11 May 2013">{{cite web|title=Meghe Dhaka Tara|url=http://www.venkateshfilms.com/blog/meghe-dhaka-tara-2/|publisher=Venkatesh Films|access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="ঋত্বিকের জীবন নিয়ে তৈরি ছবি 'মেঘে ঢাকা তারা’">{{cite news|title=ঋত্বিকের জীবন নিয়ে তৈরি ছবি 'মেঘে ঢাকা তারা'|url=http://www.mzamin.com/details.php?nid=NTQ3Njg=&ty=MA==&s=MjI=&c=Mjk=|access-date=18 May 2013|newspaper=Manab Jamin}} {{in lang|bn}}</ref> In this film [[Saswata Chatterjee]] plays the character of [[Nilkantha Bagchi]] and [[Ananya Chatterjee]] plays the role of Durga, Nilkantha's wife. The film was released on 14 June 2013. Besides giving an account of Ghatak's life, the film also depicts the socio-political environment of contemporary [[West Bengal]] during the [[Tebhaga movement|Tebhaga]] and [[Naxalite]] movements.

''[[Anandabazar Patrika]]'', after a special screening of the film in November 2012, wrote in their review that this film had potential to become a "classic" film. The acting of Saswata Chatterjee as Nilkantha Bagchi was widely appreciated too.

== Plot ==

The story of the film starts in 1969 and deals with Ritwik Ghatak's time spent in a mental asylum. It shows Nilkantha being admitted to mental asylum under the supervision of Doctor S. P. Mukherjee. S. P. Mukherjee learns that the Prime Minister of India knows Nilkantha and is fond of his works and may request the hospital authority to take special care of him. In the hospital, a police officer sees Nilkantha and tells Doctor Mukherjee that he is a wasted drunkard. Another patient of hospital mocks Nilkantha as a "disgraced intellectual". Even while he was undergoing treatment in the hospitals, he writes a play and stages it with other asylum patients.

The film shows how Durga (Nilkantha's wife) wants to leave him saying "separation is essential". Nilkantha witnessed partition of Bengal and its devastating effect and in his youth became attracted towards communism. Throughout the film, Nilkantha's mental agony, struggles, inner contradictions, disappointments as well as financial troubles faced by him are shown. He clearly tells, it is not possible for him to make entertaining or commercial films. During a discussion, Nilkantha asks Doctor Mukherjee that should a man perform ''[[mujra]]'' at a time when the society is burning? He also tells Doctor Mukherjee that he is a "people's artist" and that is his job.

The film also shows the atmosphere of Bengal during ''[[Tebhaga movement|Tebhaga]]'' and Naxalite movements. A scene has been shown in the film where a book named "How to be a good communist?" is burning. This scene symbolises Ghatak's dissatisfaction with India's communist politics. When Durga tells Nilkantha that they don't have a single rupee to run the family, Nilkantha readily replies, it is not money but it is one's work which will remain forever.

== Credits ==

=== Cast ===
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* [[Saswata Chatterjee]] as [[Nilkantha Bagchi]]
* [[Ananya Chatterjee]] as Durga
* [[Abir Chatterjee]] as Doctor S. P. Mukherjee
* [[Rahul Banerjee (actor)|Rahul Banerjee]] as [[Anil Chatterjee]]
* Joydeep Mukherjee as [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
* Abhijit Guha as [[Salil Choudhury]]
* Padmanabha Dasgupta as [[Kali Banerjee]]
* [[Anindya Bose]] as [[Mrinal Sen]]
* [[Mumtaz Sorcar]] as [[Supriya Devi]]
* [[Bidipta Chakrabarty]] as [[Shobha Sen]]
* [[Subhasish Mukhopadhyay]] as [[Bijon Bhattacharya]]
* [[Biswajit Chakraborty]] as Charuprakash Ghosh
* [[Shantilal Mukherjee]]
* Anirban Guha
* [[Arup Kumar Ganguly]] as Freedom Fighter
* [[Anindya Banerjee]] as Patient in Mental Asylum
* Debpratim Dasgupta as Patient in Mental Asylum

== Production ==

=== Development ===
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Director Kamaleswar Mukherjee wanted to pay tribute to film-maker Ritwik Ghatak and decided to make this film which is a fictional account of a filmmaker's life and the filmmaker's character is inspired by Ritwik Ghatak's life and works.<ref name="KM interview" /> He told, he got inspiration from all of Ghatak's works and his life, Ghatak's ''[[Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960 film)|Meghe Dhaka Tara]]'' (1960)<ref name="MDT 1960 arthouse">{{cite web|title=MDT 1960 arthouse|url=http://www.arthousecinema.in/2013/03/meghe-dhaka-tara/|publisher=Art House Cinema|access-date=21 May 2013}}</ref> was one of them.<ref name="KM interview" /> This film was Mukherjee's second films as a director after ''Uro Chithi'' which was a box-office failure.<ref name="KM interview" /><ref name="লাইটস, ক্যামেরা, প্যারাসিটামল">{{cite news|title=লাইটস, ক্যামেরা, প্যারাসিটামল|url=http://anandabazar.com/archive/1121128/28ananda-plus6.html|access-date=18 May 2013|newspaper=Anandabazar Patrika|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502184659/http://anandabazar.com/archive/1121128/28ananda-plus6.html|archive-date=2 May 2013}} {{in lang|bn}}</ref> At first the film was named ''Jwala'' (meaning, "pain" or "agony").<ref name="Jwala Bengali movie">{{cite web|title=Jwala Bengali movie|url=http://www.bhalobasa.in/articles/158910/Jwala--Bengali-Movie-on-Ritwik-Ghatak|publisher=Bhalobasa.in|access-date=7 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026172102/http://www.bhalobasa.in/articles/158910/Jwala--Bengali-Movie-on-Ritwik-Ghatak|archive-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> About the title of the film Mukherjee told, despite being a film director Ghatk's life was capped with clouds which creates a connection between Ghatak and Nilkantha, the protagonist of the film.<ref name="KM interview" />

Mukherjee used the following books to do the research works for the film—<ref name="লাইটস, ক্যামেরা, প্যারাসিটামল" />
# ''Ritwik Tantra'' {{in lang|bn}} written by Sanjay Mukhopadhyay
# a) ''Ritwik'' and b) ''Padma theke Titash'' {{in lang|bn}} written by Surama Ghatak, Anushtup publication
# ''Chalachitra, Manush o Aro Kichu'' {{in lang|bn}} written by Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, Dey's Publishing, {{ISBN|81-295-0397-2}}.
# ''Ritwik Ghatak'' {{in lang|bn}} by Rajat Roy
# a) ''Ritwik ekti nadir naam'' and b) ''Sakshat Ritwik'' {{in lang|bn}} written by Sanghita Ghatak
# ''Ritwik-da, Salil-da'' {{in lang|bn}} written by Tushar Talukdar

=== Filming ===
[[File:Purulia rail station.JPG|thumb|left|Some of the most important scenes of the film were shot in [[Purulia]].<ref name="Ritwik Ghatak Meghe Dhaka Tara" />]]
The entire film is in black and white except the last scene which has been shot in colour. The scene is the film's climax too.<ref name="মেঘে ঢাকা ঋত্বিক" /><ref name="MDT VF 11 May 2013" /> The film was shot in Kolkata and [[Purulia District|Purulia]]. Some of the most important scenes of the film were shot in Purulia including a long rain scene where Ghatak too shot his last film ''Jukti Takko Aar Gappo''.<ref name="Ritwik Ghatak Meghe Dhaka Tara" /> Kamaleswar Mukherjee found the local people of Purulia enthusiastic and helpful.<ref name="Proloy strikes Raj crew">{{cite news|title=Proloy strikes Raj crew|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-12/news-interviews/37039941_1_purulia-bullet-raja-rampage|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616015953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-12/news-interviews/37039941_1_purulia-bullet-raja-rampage|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2013|access-date=20 May 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=12 February 2013}}</ref> Some of the rehearsals were organized at Kolkata's ''Muktangan'' theatre.<ref name="Ritwik Ghatak Meghe Dhaka Tara" />

Film's director Kamaleswar Mukherjee told in an interview– "Neither is my film Ritwik's biopic nor is it a remake of his legendary film. It tells a story in a completely new style and has no similarity with the original. I'm inspired by all of Ghatak's works and his life; "MDT" is just one of them. The audience will realize this once they watch my film."<ref name="KM interview" />

Saswata Chatterjee described the film as a "dream project" and told his experiences during the shooting were incredible. He also told that he was amazed to see the amount of research works Kamaleswar Mukherjee did to direct this film.<ref name="বলিউড ডাকছে : শাশ্বত চট্টোপাধ্যায়">{{cite news|title=বলিউড ডাকছে : শাশ্বত চট্টোপাধ্যায়|url=http://my.anandabazar.com/content/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%A8-18|access-date=18 May 2013|newspaper=Anandabazar Patrika|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617020708/http://my.anandabazar.com/content/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%A8-18|archive-date=17 June 2013}} {{in lang|bn}}</ref>

=== Characters and casting===

==== Saswata Chatterjee as Nilkantha Bagchi ====
[[Saswata Chatterjee]] portrayed [[Nilkantha Bagchi|Nilkantha]]'s character in the film. Kamaleswar Mukherjee told in an interview that Saswata was their first choice for this role as he felt ''"Apu da"''<ref group="lower-greek">Nickname of Saswata Chatterjee is "Apu"</ref> was perfect to portray the character created by Ghatak. Mahendra Soni, one of the producers of the film, later told if Saswata had denied playing the character then they would have asked Kamaleswar Mukherjee to act the role himself as they knew Mukherjee had a theatre background and is a good actor too.<ref name="লাইটস, ক্যামেরা, প্যারাসিটামল" />

After playing the role of Bob Biswas in the film ''[[Kahaani]]'' Saswata received many similar offers, but he did not want to repeat his performance of Bob. When the offer of this film's protagonist role came to him he accepted. Chatterjee had already worked with film's director Kamaleswar Mukherjee before.<ref name="Bob’s Next Cut">{{cite news|title=Bob's Next Cut|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/bob-s-next-cut/968764/|access-date=7 October 2012|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=1 July 2012}}</ref> In an interview Chatterjee told that he tried and shed some bodyweight to fit in the character of Nilkantha.<ref name="Ritwik Ghatak Meghe Dhaka Tara" /> He told, he watched a lot of Ghatak's films and documentaries to understand his body language.<ref name="Bob’s Next Cut" />

Chatterjee told in an interview that during the shooting he became so involved with his character that he even faced difficulties to talk to his wife Mohua at that time.<ref name="A few scenes of Meghe Dhaka Tara gave me jitters: Saswata Chatterjee">{{cite news|title=A few scenes of Meghe Dhaka Tara gave me jitters: Saswata Chatterjee|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-04/news-interviews/39739873_1_meghe-dhaka-tara-saswata-chatterjee-filmmaker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715010025/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-04/news-interviews/39739873_1_meghe-dhaka-tara-saswata-chatterjee-filmmaker|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2013|access-date=4 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=4 June 2013}}</ref>

==== Ananya Chatterjee as Durga ====
Ananya Chatterjee played the role of Durga, Nilkantha's wife.<ref name="Ritwik Ghatak Meghe Dhaka Tara" /> In the film ''Jukti Takko Aar Gappo'' too the name of Nilkantha's wife character was Durga. Kamaleswar Mukherjee selected Chatterjee to portray this role for her acting skill and Mukherjee found a type of seriousness in her expressions which were needed for the role. To prepare for this role, Chatterjee used to read the script of the film over and over again. She also used to spend time to understand Durga's feelings towards Nilkantha.<ref name="Up close personal">{{cite web|title=Meghe Dhaka Tara – Saswata, Ananya and Kamaleswar: Up Close and Personal|url=http://www.venkateshfilms.com/blog/meghe-dhaka-tara-saswata-ananya-and-kamaleswar-up-close-and-personal|publisher=Shree Venkatesh Film|access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref>

==== Doctor S. P. Mukherjee ====
Abir Chattejee played the role of psychiatrist Doctor S. P. Mukherjee. Doctor Mukherjee tries to find out Nilkantha's confusion.<ref name="Ritwik Ghatak Meghe Dhaka Tara" /><ref name="The cerebral star">{{cite news|title=The cerebral star|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130428/jsp/graphiti/16834187.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503095901/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130428/jsp/graphiti/16834187.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 May 2013|access-date=18 May 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph}}</ref> This was an important character in the film. Ananya Chatterjee later told in a light mode— "actually, in this film, Abir is like Saswata’s wife because they are together in most of the scenes."<ref name="Ritwik Ghatak Meghe Dhaka Tara" />

==== Other characters ====
; Meenu
Meenu's character, inspired by [[Supriya Devi]], was played by [[Mumtaz Sorcar]].<ref name="Small roles, a big leap for actors of Meghe Dhaka Tara">{{cite news|title=Small roles, a big leap for actors of Meghe Dhaka Tara|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-12/news-interviews/39924078_1_ritwik-ghatak-kamaleswar-mukherjee-role|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619080156/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-12/news-interviews/39924078_1_ritwik-ghatak-kamaleswar-mukherjee-role|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 June 2013|access-date=12 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=12 June 2013}}</ref> Sorcar felt, portraying this role was a very difficult job, but, she thanked Kamaleswar Mukherjee for giving her independence to develop the character in her own way.<ref name="মুমতাজ এবার সুপ্রিয়া দেবী মুমতাজ এবার স্মৃতির সরণিতে">{{cite news|title=মুমতাজ এবার সুপ্রিয়া দেবী মুমতাজ এবার স্মৃতির সরণিতে|url=http://www.timesibengali.com/index.php/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87.html|access-date=18 May 2013|newspaper=Times Bengali}} {{in lang|bn}}</ref>

; Bikram
Bikram is a playwright, theatre director and actor. The character was inspired from Bijon Bhattacharya and was played by Subhasish Mukherjee.<ref name="Small roles, a big leap for actors of Meghe Dhaka Tara" />

; Gurudas
Gurudas is also a theatre actor and theatre activist like Nilkantha. The character was inspired by [[Kali Banerjee]] and played by Padmababha Dasgupta.<ref name="Small roles, big leap for actors of Meghe Dhaka Tara">{{cite news|title=Small roles, big leap for actors of Meghe Dhaka Tara|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-12/news-interviews/39924078_1_ritwik-ghatak-kamaleswar-mukherjee-role|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619080156/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-12/news-interviews/39924078_1_ritwik-ghatak-kamaleswar-mukherjee-role|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 June 2013|access-date=12 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=12 June 2013}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music of the film was composed by [[Debojyoti Mishra]].
{{Track listing
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| title1 = Bandar, Bandar, Bandar, Bandar
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| extra1 = Anurup, Arijit
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| title2 = Math Pathar, Gram Nagar, Bandare Toiri Hao
| note2 = Poem ''Shapath'', the actual line of the main poem is— ''(Tai)Gram Nagar, Math pathar, Bandare Toiri Hao''
| extra2 =
| lyrics2 = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
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| title3 = Moder kono desh nai
| note3 =
| extra3 = Anurup Mallick
| lyrics3 =
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}}

== Release ==
The film is released on 14 June 2013 in Kolkata with English subtitles.<ref name="Twitch release news">{{cite web|title=Electrifying First Trailer For Dark Bengali Film Meghe Dhaka Tara|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2013/05/electrifying-first-trailer-dark-bengali-film-meghe-dhaka-tara.html|publisher=Twitch|access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref> In an interview given in August 2012, Kamaleswar Mukherjee expected that the film would release in mid-October of that year, but the release got delayed because the production house of the film wanted to send it in different international film festivals first. The film was attempted to be sent at [[Cannes Film Festival]] and it was screened at [[Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="লাইটস, ক্যামেরা, প্যারাসিটামল" /> The film created much excitement before its release.<ref name="মেঘে ঢাকা ঋত্বিক" />

== Reception ==

=== Pre-release reception ===
After a special screening of the film in Kolkata, ''[[Anandabazar Patrika]]'' published a review in their newspaper on 28 November 2012. In that review, the making of the film was widely appreciated and the film was tagged as an "authentic period film". The review highly praised Saswata Chatterjee's acting as Nilkantha and gave it "letter marks". They also felt Saswata Chatterjee's portrayal of Nilkantha was better than his previous popular character Bob Biswas of ''[[Kahaani]]''. The review predicted that this film had the potential to become a "cult" or "classic" film in future.<ref name="মেঘে ঢাকা ঋত্বিক">{{cite news|title=মেঘে ঢাকা ঋত্বিক|url=http://anandabazar.com/archive/1121128/28ananda-plus7.html|access-date=18 May 2013|newspaper=Anandabazar Patrika|date=28 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502184712/http://anandabazar.com/archive/1121128/28ananda-plus7.html|archive-date=2 May 2013}} {{in lang|bn}}</ref>

After watching this film in a closed preview, Bengali film director [[Raj Chakraborty]] cancelled editing works of his own film for that day. Raj Chakraborty later told— "how could I do editing works of my own film on a day in which I saw a film like ''Meghe Dhaka Tara''? I did not want to commit such a mistake!"<ref name="লাইটস, ক্যামেরা, প্যারাসিটামল" /> He also told that he was even ready to work as an assistant director to Kamaleswar Mukherjee who made such a film.<ref name="বলিউড ডাকছে : শাশ্বত চট্টোপাধ্যায়" />

After watching the film, Shrikant Mohta of Shree Venkatesh Films felt this was the best film made under their banners.<ref name="লাইটস, ক্যামেরা, প্যারাসিটামল" />

=== Post-release reception ===
The film received positive reviews from reviewers and critics. ''[[The Times of India]]'' commented in their review, though Ghatak's personal life was well-known, Mukherjee's fictional retelling of his life was interesting. They found the script of the film well-researched and the real-life characters like Bijon Bhattacharya, Sobha Sen, Supriya Devi were woven neatly. They stated, using color in only the last few scenes was a masterstroke.<ref name="ToI 19 June 2013">{{cite news|title=Meghe Dhaka Tara review|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/movie-reviews/meghe-dhaka-tara/movie-review/20662825.cms|access-date=19 June 2013|newspaper=ToI|date= 19 June 2013}}</ref>

Bengali newspaper ''[[Anandabazar Patrika]]'' widely appreciated the making of the film and gave it 8 out of 10 and commented Kamaleshwar Mukherjee should have come to film direction much earlier.<ref name="ঋত্বিক একটি বোধের নাম">{{cite news|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1130622/22cine.html|title=ঋত্বিক একটি বোধের নাম|access-date=22 June 2013|newspaper=Anandabazar Patrika|date=22 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628040856/http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1130622/22cine.html|archive-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>

=== Awards ===

* Centenary Award at [[IFFI|International Film Festival of India, Goa 2013]]
* Silver Crow Pheasant Award for the Best Director at [[IFFK|International Film Festival of Kerala, 2013]]
* NETPAC Award [[IFFK|International Film Festival of Kerala, 2013]]<ref name="Awards at IFFK 2013">{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Golden-Crow-Pheasant-for-Parviz/2013/12/14/article1944764.ece?service=print|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222113131/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Golden-Crow-Pheasant-for-Parviz/2013/12/14/article1944764.ece?service=print|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 December 2015|title=Awards at IFFK 2013|access-date=5 March 2014|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=5 March 2014}}</ref>

== See also ==
* ''[[Chander Pahar (film)|Chander Pahar]]''

== References ==

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* {{Official website|http://www.venkateshfilms.com/blog/bangla-cinema/meghe-dhaka-tara/}}

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Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013 film) - Revision history

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