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Utsab
| Utsab | |
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| File:Utsab DVD Cover.jpg DVD cover of the film. | |
| Directed by | Rituparno Ghosh |
| Produced by | Tapan Biswas |
| Written by | Rituparno Ghosh |
| Starring | Madhabi Mukherjee Mamata Shankar Prasenjit Chatterjee Rituparna Sengupta Pradip Mukherjee Deepankar De Arpita Pal |
| Music by | Debajyoti Mishra |
| Cinematography | Abhik Mukhopadhyay |
| Edited by | Arghyakamal Mitra |
| Distributed by | Cinemawalla |
Release date | 23 March 2000 |
Running time | 119 minutes |
| Language | Bengali |
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[edit]
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[edit]
- Madhabi Mukherjee as Bhagabati
- Mamata Shankar as Parul
- Rituparna Sengupta as Keya
- Prosenjit Chatterjee as Arun
- Arpita Pal as Shompa
- Pradip Mukherjee as Asit
- Bodhisattva Mazumdar as Nishit
- Alokananda Roy as the wife of Asit
- Anuradha Roy (actress) as the wife of Nishit
- Ratul Shankar as Joy,the son of Parul.
Awards[edit]
- Won - Golden Lotus Award - Best Director - Rituparno Ghosh[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Pronounced as 'Utshob'.
External links[edit]
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