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{{Infobox film
| name = Shabdo
| image = Shabdo poster.jpg
| alt = Movie poster
| caption = Movie poster
| director = [[Kaushik Ganguly]]
| producer = Gautam Kundu
| studio = Brand Value Communication
| writer = [[Kaushik Ganguly]]
| starring = [[Ritwik Chakraborty]]<br/>[[Raima Sen]]<br/>[[Churni Ganguly]]<br/>[[Victor Banerjee]]<br/>[[Srijit Mukherji]]
| music =
| cinematography = [[Sirsha Ray]]
| editing = [[Mainak Bhaumik]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|12|10|Dubai Film Festival|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dubaifilmfest.com/en/films/detail/shobdo/22836/2012 |title=SHOBDO - Dubai International Film Festival |publisher=Dubaifilmfest.com |access-date=2012-12-27}}</ref>|2013|04|12|Kolkata|ref2=<ref name=Rosevalley />}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = Indian
| language = Bengali
| budget = ₹7 million
| gross = ₹16 million
}}
'''''Shabdo'''''<ref group="lower-greek">Spelling according to official website</ref> (''Sound'') is a 2012 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film directed by [[Kaushik Ganguly]]. The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound (i.e. ''Shabdo'').<ref name="Kaushik Ganguly's new film 'Shobdo'">{{cite news|title=Kaushik Ganguly's new film 'Shobdo'|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-08/news-interviews/30129599_1_movies-film-industry-folio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413231310/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-08/news-interviews/30129599_1_movies-film-industry-folio|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2013|access-date=24 December 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=8 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="Dubai Review: Kaushik Ganguly’s “Shobdo” (Sound)">{{cite web|title=FDubai Review: Kaushik Ganguly's "Shobdo" (Sound)|url=http://dearcinema.com/review/dubai-review-kaushik-gangulys-shobdo-sound/4314|publisher=Dear Cinema Review|access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref> It won the [[60th National Film Awards]] for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Best Feature Film in Bengali]]<ref name="60thaward">{{cite press release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref> and the [[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]]. It went on to KFF 2011, IFFI 2012, Goa, Dubai Film Festival, Singapore Film festival 2012.

== Plot ==
The protagonist of the film is Tarak Dutta ([[Ritwik Chakraborty]]), a [[foley artist]]. He is so obsessed with his work that he loses his grip on words and his mind starts registering only foley sounds.

The film starts showing Tarak's distraught wife who has taken him to a psychiatrist for treatment because she feels that he lives in a world of his own. The psychiatrist ([[Churni Ganguly]]) discovers that actually there is nothing wrong with Tarak's hearing ability. He just concentrates so much on background sounds that he does not pay attention to vocal sounds. While the doctor is speaking to him, Tarak is busy listening to the sounds of traffic in the streets or the sound of the Rubik's cube that she is holding in her hands. The doctor tries to convince Tarak that he has a serious problem and he needs treatment. But Tarak is not ready to believe that he has any problem. On the doctor's advice Tarak's wife take him to [[Siliguri]] for a short holiday. Even there Tarak keeps listening to all the natural sounds like the twittering of birds or the gush of water in a mountain spring. On the trip, Tarak tries to convince his wife that there is nothing wrong with him. He just keeps thinking about sounds because that's his job.

Tarak starts rebelling against the doctor and refuse to take treatment. Things come to a head, when the doctor tries to talk to him through headphones at this recording studio and Tarak breaks the mike in anger. With all her efforts gone to waste the doctor refers him to her professor ([[Victor Banerjee]]). Tarak loses his job and becomes quite depressed. He is always haunted by sounds and without his job he starts feeling dis-oriented. One day he tries to commit suicide. Finally, the doctors send Tarak to a rehabilitation center where he is made to listen to recorded human voices daily to get back to normal.<ref name="Kaushik Ganguly's new film 'Shobdo'" /><ref name="Dubai Review: Kaushik Ganguly’s “Shobdo” (Sound)" />

== Cast ==
* [[Ritwik Chakraborty]] as Tarak Dutta
* [[Raima Sen]] as Ratna
* [[Churni Ganguly]] as Dr. Swati
* [[Victor Banerjee]] as Dr Sen
* [[Srijit Mukherji]] as Dibyendu
* [[Koushik Ganguly]] as the doctor
* Arun Guha Thakurta as Tarak's father

== Making ==
The shooting of the film started in October 2011. Firstly [[Rudranil Ghosh]] was thought of playing the lead character Tarak. But, later [[Ritwik Chakraborty]] was cast for this character. Shirsha Ray and [[Mainak Bhaumik]] are roped as the cinematographer and editor respectively, for the film.<ref name="Dubai Review: Kaushik Ganguly’s “Shobdo” (Sound)" />

== Release and reception ==
The film premiered on 10 December 2012 in [[Dubai Film Festival]].<ref name="Dubai Film Festival to Celebrate 100 Years of Indian Cinema">{{cite web|title=Dubai Film Festival to Celebrate 100 Years of Indian Cinema|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dubai-film-festival-100-years-indian-cinema-390380|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref> The film had its theatrical release on April 12, 2013.<ref name=Rosevalley>{{cite web|title=Release date|url=https://www.rosevalleyindia.com/films.html|publisher=Rosevalley|access-date=6 April 2013}}</ref> The film was widely appreciated by reviewers. Leading Bengali newspaper ''[[Anandabazar Patrika]]'' called the film a "silent revolution" and gave it 9.5 out of 10 stars which was ''Anandabazar'''s all time highest.<ref name="ABP Nishabdo Biplab">{{cite news|title=নিঃশব্দ বিপ্লব|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1130420/20cine1.html|access-date=9 May 2013|newspaper=[[Anandabazar Patrika]]}}</ref> ''[[The Times of India]]'' in their review commented that the film was very much different from other contemporary Indian and Bengali films and they also offered a "bow" to director Kaushik Ganguly for making such a film on a crucial subject of cinema.<ref name="ToI movie review">{{cite news|title=Shabdo movie review|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/Shabdo/movie-review/19576959.cms| date=17 May 2016 | access-date=30 November 2018|newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> Shobdo, in terms of its portrayal of a variety of sound and the difference among them, is widely viewed to be influenced by [[The Silence (1998 film)|The Silence]] under the direction of [[Mohsen Makhmalbaf]].

== Awards ==
The film won the 60th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Bengali.<ref name=60thaward />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://soundthefilm.com/}}
* {{IMDb title|3028362|Shabdo}}

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}
{{Kaushik Ganguly}}

[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:2012 films]]
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Films directed by Kaushik Ganguly]]
[[Category:Films that won the Best Audiography National Film Award]]
[[Category:Best Bengali Feature Film National Film Award winners]]

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