Dakhal
| Dakhal | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gautam Ghose |
| Produced by | Government of West Bengal |
| Written by |
Goutam Ghose Partha Banerjee |
| Story by | Sushil Jana |
| Starring |
Mamata Shankar Robin Sen Gupta Sunil Mukherjee Sujal Roy Chowdhury |
| Music by | Goutam Ghose |
| Cinematography | Goutam Ghose |
Release dates |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Dakhal (The Occupation) is a 1981 Indian Bengali film directed by Gautam Ghose, with Mamata Shankar, Robin Sen Gupta, Sunil Mukherjee and Sujal Roy Chowdhury in lead roles. The film is about a woman belonging to nomadic tribe from Andhra Pradesh, known as crow hunters, who elopes and moves to south Bengal and makes a living by occult practices. It deals with the issue of exploitation of tribal people by the deceitful landlord.[1][2]
This the first Bengali language feature film by Ghosh, who had previously made documentaries and Maa Bhoomi in Telugu.[2] At the 29th National Film Awards it won the awards for Best Feature Film.[3][4] At the 11th International Human Rights Film Festival in Paris it won the Grand Jury Prize.[1]
Cast
- Mamata Shankar as Andi
- Robin Sen Gupta
- Sunil Mukherjee
- Sujal Roy Chowdhury
- Bimal Deb
References
- 1 2 Banerjee, Srivastava (2013). One Hundred Indian Feature Films: An Annotated Filmography. Routledge. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-135-84098-3.
- 1 2 Ray, Bibekananda; Joshi, Naveen; Division, India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications (2005). Conscience of the race: India's offbeat cinema. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. ISBN 978-81-230-1298-8.
- ↑ "29th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ↑ "29th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
External links
- Dakhal at the Internet Movie Database
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