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==Plot==
==Plot==
This is a family drama which is portrayed on a background of [[Durga]]puja, West Bengal's biggest "Utshob" (Festival). The story is about a cultured Bengali family, different members of which have gathered in native house on the occasion of Durga puja. Bhagbati ([[Madhabi Mukherjee]]) has four children; two sons Asit ([[Pradip Mukherjee]]), Nishit ([[Bodhisattva Mazumdar]]) and two daughters, Parul ([[Mamata Shankar]]) and Keya ([[Rituparna Sengupta]]). It is the festival time and all the children are at the main house to celebrate the festival. Meanwhile, Shishir, ([[Deepankar De]]) a relative who is also a big real estate agent, is interested in buying the house. Most of the family members want to sell the house. The old and traditional house is not a place for everyones interest and they have individual problems to solve with money. None of the sisters are looking forward to the family reunion as they all are more concerned about their own problems.
This is a family drama which is portrayed on a background of [[Durga]]puja, West Bengal's biggest "Utshob" (Festival). The story is about a cultured Bengali family, different members of which have gathered in native house on the occasion of Durga puja. Bhagbati ([[Madhabi Mukherjee]]) has four children; two sons Asit ([[Pradip Mukherjee]]), Nishit ([[Bodhisattva Mazumdar]]) and two daughters, Parul ([[Mamata Shankar]]) and Keya ([[Rituparna Sengupta]]). It is the festival time and all the children are at the main house to celebrate the festival. Meanwhile, Shishir, ([[Deepankar De]]) a relative who is also a big real estate agent, is interested in buying the house. Most of the family members want to sell the house. The old and traditional house is not a place for everyone's interest and they have individual problems to solve with money. None of the sisters are looking forward to the family reunion as they all are more concerned about their own problems.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Alokananda Roy]] as the wife of Asit
* [[Alokananda Roy]] as the wife of Asit
* [[Anuradha Roy (actress)]] as the wife of Nishit
* [[Anuradha Roy (actress)]] as the wife of Nishit
* [[Ratul Shankar]] as Joy,the son of Parul.


==Awards==
==Awards==
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[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films whose director won the Best Director National Film Award]]
[[Category:Films whose director won the Best Director National Film Award]]

Revision as of 09:32, 6 January 2022

Utsab
File:Utsab DVD Cover.jpg
DVD cover of the film.
Directed byRituparno Ghosh
Produced byTapan Biswas
Written byRituparno Ghosh
StarringMadhabi Mukherjee
Mamata Shankar
Prasenjit Chatterjee
Rituparna Sengupta
Pradip Mukherjee
Deepankar De
Arpita Pal
Music byDebajyoti Mishra
CinematographyAbhik Mukhopadhyay
Edited byArghyakamal Mitra
Distributed byCinemawalla
Release date
23 March 2000
Running time
119 minutes
LanguageBengali

Utsab[lower-alpha 1] (lit. 'Festival') is a 2000 Bengali-language drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh and stars Madhabi Mukherjee, Mamata Shankar, Rituparna Sengupta, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Pradip Mukherjee, Deepankar De and Arpita Pal. The film focuses on the various emotional currents passing among family and relatives underneath the supposedly festive occasion of Durga Puja.

Plot

This is a family drama which is portrayed on a background of Durgapuja, West Bengal's biggest "Utshob" (Festival). The story is about a cultured Bengali family, different members of which have gathered in native house on the occasion of Durga puja. Bhagbati (Madhabi Mukherjee) has four children; two sons Asit (Pradip Mukherjee), Nishit (Bodhisattva Mazumdar) and two daughters, Parul (Mamata Shankar) and Keya (Rituparna Sengupta). It is the festival time and all the children are at the main house to celebrate the festival. Meanwhile, Shishir, (Deepankar De) a relative who is also a big real estate agent, is interested in buying the house. Most of the family members want to sell the house. The old and traditional house is not a place for everyone's interest and they have individual problems to solve with money. None of the sisters are looking forward to the family reunion as they all are more concerned about their own problems.

Cast

Awards

National Film Awards (India)

References

  1. "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

Notes

  1. Pronounced as 'Utshob'.

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