| Accident | |
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| Directed by | Nandita Roy Shiboprosad Mukherjee |
| Produced by | Kaustuv Ray |
| Starring | Rudranil Ghosh Shiboprosad Mukherjee Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Sampurna Lahiri Kanchan Mullick Kharaj Mukherjee Debshankar Haldar |
| Music by | Joy Sarkar |
| Cinematography | Anil Singh |
| Edited by | Malay Laha |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Accident is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The story of the film deals with road accident and its consequences in Kolkata.[1] The director duo got motivated by Keshtopur road incident in April 2008 where at least 20 people were killed and nearly 40 were injured.[2]
Crash roster
- 3 November 2007: Five schoolchildren and two others injured after a Delhi Public School (DPS) bus collides with a milk van on VIP Road near the Lake Town intersection
- 5 October 2007: Three persons are killed and two severely injured when a Matador van collides with a trailer near Kaikhali crossing
- 4 February 2007: A car carrying three air hostesses of a private airline is hit from behind by a bus that tries to overtake another near Baguiati. The car falls into a ditch and is badly damaged. The air hostesses and their driver are injured and admitted to a nursing home
- 31 March 2008: Three people, including a child, are injured when their taxi turns turtle on VIP Road. All three are rushed to a private nursing home, where they are admitted with serious injuries
- 4 April 2008: A bus plunges into Kestopur canal, killing 21 passengers on board
- 10 April 2008: A commuter, hit by a taxi near the 4 April accident spot, dies
- 2 June 2008: A speeding minibus brushes past a Digha-Barasat government bus on the airport-bound flank of VIP Road near Golaghata. An iron rod jutting out of the minibus perforates the metal body of the government bus and pierces a passenger. Near Baguiati, passengers notice the man bleeding profusely. He is rushed to RG Kar hospital, where he is declared brought dead
- 8 June 2008: A 54-year-old man is run over by a speeding minibus at Haldiram junction of VIP Road * 17 June: 2008: Policemen stand and watch a man being slowly crushed to death under an overturned vehicle on VIP Road. His 8-year-old son, trembling, keeps pleading for an hour. No one helps
- 30 June 2008: A speeding bus knocked down a middle-aged woman at the Baguiati junction of VIP Road. The bus on route 30C/1 managed to flee. The woman, who has been identified as Reena, was rushed to a local nursing home, where she was declared brought dead.
- 30 October: 2009: 25-yearold Masum Minhuj, a software engineer who was happily settled in Belgium chose to fly down and make Kolkata his home. The techie met his end on Friday morning while biking down VIP road for a job interview in Sector V, a journey that was cut short when he took a hit from a Mini Bus whose driver, apparently, cared two hoots for road safety. Commuters blame slack traffic policing for the frequent accidents and deaths on the corridor. Drivers dare to jump signals even near traffic posts that are manned. Traffic cops on duty are simply reluctant to move their carcasses and take action against errant drivers.
- 18 September 2011: A 47-year-old woman was killed and her son was critically injured after a private bus rammed into their motorbike on VIP Road at Kestopur near Baguiati on Saturday evening. The driver of the killer bus has been arrested. The driver of a speeding bus on Gorabazar-Babughat route suddenly lost its control and hit the bike from behind.
Plot synopsis
Arko was an excellent cricketer. He was an aspiring bowler and wanted to pursue his career in cricket. However, a torn ligament in his leg put an end to all his dreams. He tried his luck in various other jobs, but all in vain. Frustration and depression continued to haunt him down, only to be relieved by the birth of his son Babai. While Arko stayed at home and took care of Babai, his wife Riya went out to work. On the other hand, Kartik Mondol is a poor bus driver who lives in a slum with his mother and wife and drives the buses of bus owner Madan Patra. Swapan Chakraborty is an honest insurance investigator who lives with his dumb father and his daughter.
One early morning, while Babai was going to school, an accident occurs. Kartik's bus fails to apply the brakes at a road crossing and runs over little Babai, killing him. Arko's life is shattered. Though Kartik is arrested, he is only a scapegoat to the greater negligence of the bus owners, the testing centres and the corporate giant Axle Motors. Swapan, on his investigations, finds that the bus itself was a defective model. After obtaining bail, Kartik teams up with Arko and Swapan. Their protest, overcoming all difficulties, constitutes the main plot of the movie.
Cast
- Rudranil Ghosh as Kartik Mondol (Bus driver)
- Shiboprosad Mukherjee as Arko
- Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Amit Durjari (chairman of Axle Motors)
- Sampurna Lahiri as Riya
- Kanchan Mullick as Makal (bus conductor)
- Debshankar Haldar as Swapan Chakraborty (Insurance Agent)
- Sankarshan Das as Babai (Arko and Riya's son)
- Kanchana Moitra as Rumki (Kartik's wife)
- Kharaj Mukherjee as Madan Patra (Bus Owner)
- Biswanath Basu as Raj Da (bus servicing agent)
- Chitra Sen as Kartik's mother
- Biswajit Chakraborty as Transport Minister
- Dibya Bhattacharya as Swapan's father
- Arindol Bagchi
Response
Accident ran successfully in theatres for 50 days. The film was selected for Indian Cinema Now section of the 18th International Kerala Film Festival. Later in 2012, Joy Sarkar won the Best Singer award for the soundtrack 'Janejaan' from this film in Radio Mirchi Awards.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "'Accident': Rudra's got the drive". The Times of India. 25 September 2012. p. 12. Archived from the original on 15 November 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ↑ "Shiboprasad turns director". The Times of India. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
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