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	'''''Patalghar''''' ({{~~lang-~~bn\|পাতাল ঘর}} "The Underground Chamber" ) is a [[Cinema of West Bengal\|Bengali]] science fiction film based on the story of same name by [[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]] ~~and directed by Abhijit Chaudhuri~~.<ref>		'''''Patalghar''''' ({{langx\|bn\|পাতাল ঘর}} "The Underground Chamber" ) is a [[Cinema of West Bengal\|Bengali]]-language [[science fiction action film]] directed by Abhijit Chaudhuri based on the story of same name by [[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]].<ref>
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	==Cast==		==Cast==
	* Sourav Bandopadhay<ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=Now, Tarun Kumar's grandson in films \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Now-Tarun-Kumars-grandson-in-films/articleshow/12425023.cms \|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] \|date=11 January 2017 \|access-date=5 May 2018 }}</ref> as Kartik		* Sourav Bandopadhay<ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=Now, Tarun Kumar's grandson in films \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Now-Tarun-Kumars-grandson-in-films/articleshow/12425023.cms \|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] \|date=11 January 2017 \|access-date=5 May 2018 \|archive-date=4 August 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804101400/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Now-Tarun-Kumars-grandson-in-films/articleshow/12425023.cms \|url-status=live }}</ref> as Kartik
	* [[Biplab Chatterjee]] as Vik		* [[Biplab Chatterjee]] as Vik
	* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as Aghor Sen		* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as Aghor Sen
	* [[Ketaki Dutta]] as Pishima (Aghor Sen's Aunt)		* [[Ketaki Dutta]] as Pishima (Aghor Sen's Aunt)
	* [[Monu Mukherjee]] as Gobinda Biswas		* [[Monu Mukherjee]] as Gobinda Biswas
	* Sunil Mukherjee as Lawyer
	* [[Kharaj Mukhopadhyay]] as Subuddhi		* [[Kharaj Mukhopadhyay]] as Subuddhi
	* [[Joy Sengupta]] as Dr. Bhootnath Nandy		* [[Joy Sengupta]] as Dr. Bhootnath Nandy
	* [[Mita Vasisht]] as Begum		* [[Mita Vasisht]] as Begum
	* [[Ramaprasad Banik]]		* [[Ramaprasad Banik]]
			* Sunil Mukherjee as Lawyer
	* Ratan Sarkhel as Goon		* Ratan Sarkhel as Goon

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	* [[National Film Award (India)\|National Film Award]]		* [[National Film Award (India)\|National Film Award]]
	** [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]]- Abhijit Chaudhuri		** [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]]- Abhijit Chaudhuri
	** [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography\|Best Cinematography]]-[[Abhik Mukhopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=The 50th National Film Awards \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-50th-national-film-awards/220927 \|magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook]] \|access-date=5 May 2018 }}</ref>		** [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography\|Best Cinematography]]-[[Abhik Mukhopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite news \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|title=The 50th National Film Awards \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-50th-national-film-awards/220927 \|magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook]] \|access-date=5 May 2018 \|archive-date=17 March 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317165208/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-50th-national-film-awards/220927 \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
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| name = Patalghar
| image = PATALGHAR.jpg
| caption = DVD cover of Patalghar
| director = Abhijit Chowdhury
| producer = Niti Sonee Gourisaria
| writer = [[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]
| starring = [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] <br>[[Mita Vasisht]]
| music = [[Debojyoti Mishra]]
| cinematography = [[Abhik Mukhopadhyay]]
| editing = Arjun Gourisaria
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2003|02|21}}
| runtime = 141 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget =
}}
'''''Patalghar''''' ({{lang-bn|পাতাল ঘর}} "The Underground Chamber" ) is a [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] science fiction film based on the story of same name by [[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]] and directed by Abhijit Chaudhuri.<ref>
{{Cite news
|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-02-19/kolkata/27268865_1_bengali-films-cinema-halls-satyajit-ray
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022154140/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-02-19/kolkata/27268865_1_bengali-films-cinema-halls-satyajit-ray
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=22 October 2012
|title=Ray's presence dominates Patalghar-Kolkata -Cities
|accessdate=17 December 2008
|work=[[The Times of India]]
|date=19 February 2003
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/720747?view=release
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131135118/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/720747?view=release
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=31 January 2009
|title=PATALGHAR (2002)
|publisher=ftvdb.bfi.org.uk
|accessdate=17 December 2008
}}
</ref>

==Plot==
150 years in the past, Aghor Sen, a genius scientist living in the village of Nischintipur invents a device that generates sound waves which can put any living being to sleep. The alien Vik exiled from the planet Nyapcha, lands with his space shuttle on the outskirts of Nischintipur. He gets to know about the machine & tries to steal it but Aghor puts him to sleep. With Aghor's death the instrument is lost.

150 years later i.e. in the present day Dr. Bhootnath Nondy finds Aghor Sen's diary mentioning this device. Bhootnath deciphers the diary at a science seminar announcing his plea to search for it. Begum, a gang leader, sends her goons after Bhootnath to get that machine. Aghar Sen's device is in his laboratory - Patalghar. To reach there, one must solve the mysterious rhymes mentioned in the diary. Suddenly foreigners wanting to buy houses assail Nischintipur. At this juncture, Begum and Bhootnath work together in search of the machine.

Kartik, a very intelligent & brave boy, lives with his uncle (Mama) Subuddhi. A lawyer reports to them that Kartik is the only legal heir of Aghor Sen's laboratory at Nischintipur. Thus the duo reached there. Begum asks them to sell their house but they bluntly refuse. Bhootnath develops a friendship with Karthik.

Meanwhile, Vik wakes up and starts running from pillar to post looking for the device which had put him to sleep. Subuddhi joins the theatre chief of the village and searches for a unique character who could depict Mahommadi Beg in the play. He meets Vik in the forest and selects him for the character.

Finally Bhootnath & Karthik unravel the path for the entrance of Patalghar and rediscover the machine. The Begum & her goons die in a duel with the alien Vik and finally Vik is once again put to sleep by the joint efforts of Bhootnath & Karthik by using the musical machine. Bhootnath flies of to Nyapcha with the unconscious Vik & Karthik remains on the earth inheriting the glorious legacy of Aghor Sen & Bhootnath Nandi. The great machine ultimately gets destroyed amidst all the chaos and havoc.

==Cast==
* Sourav Bandopadhay<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Now, Tarun Kumar's grandson in films |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Now-Tarun-Kumars-grandson-in-films/articleshow/12425023.cms |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=11 January 2017 |access-date=5 May 2018 }}</ref> as Kartik
* [[Biplab Chatterjee]] as Vik
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as Aghor Sen
* [[Ketaki Dutta]] as Pishima (Aghor Sen's Aunt)
* [[Monu Mukherjee]] as Gobinda Biswas
* Sunil Mukherjee as Lawyer
* [[Kharaj Mukhopadhyay]] as Subuddhi
* [[Joy Sengupta]] as Dr. Bhootnath Nandy
* [[Mita Vasisht]] as Begum
* [[Ramaprasad Banik]]
* Ratan Sarkhel as Goon

==Crew==
* Director Abhijit Chaudhuri
* Cameraman Abhik Mukhopadhyay
* Producer Niti Sonee Gourisaria
* Music Director [[Debojyoti Mishra]]
* Lyrics Rangan Chakraborty
* Editor Arjun Gourisaria
* Art Director Indranil Ghosh
* Executive Producer [[Bauddhayan Mukherji]]

==Awards==
* [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]]
** [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]]- Abhijit Chaudhuri
** [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]-[[Abhik Mukhopadhyay]]<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=The 50th National Film Awards |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-50th-national-film-awards/220927 |magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |access-date=5 May 2018 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Science fiction film of India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDB title|0366886}}

{{National Film Award Best First Film of a Director}}

[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Indian science fiction films]]
[[Category:Indian children's films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:2000s science fiction films]]
[[Category:Films whose cinematographer won the Best Cinematography National Film Award]]
[[Category:Best Debut Feature Film of a Director National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]