Chinnamul
Chinnamul | |
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Directed by | Nemai Ghosh |
Story by | Swarnakamal Bhattacharya |
Produced by | Bimal Dey |
Starring | Gangapada Basu Bijon Bhattacharya Ritwik Ghatak Shobha Sen |
Cinematography | Nemai Ghosh |
Edited by | Gobardhan Adhikari |
Music by | Kalabran Das |
Production company | Desa Pictures |
Distributed by | Union Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Chinnamul (alternate spelling Chhinnamul,
Calcutta because of the partition of Bengal in 1947.[3] Russian film director Vsevolod Pudovkin came to Calcutta at that time, watched this film, and being inspired, he bought the print of this film to release in Russia. The film was shown in 188 theaters in Russia.[4]
Plot
The film is based on the story of Swarnakamal Bhattacharya. Depicting the physical pain and crisis, the film is about the partition of Bengal and the flow of refugees from East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) into
Calcutta and eke out their daily lives in temporary shelters in and around Sealdah railway station. Along with millions of refugees the family has to face untold misery in big city.[5]
Cast and crew
Cast
- Gangapada Basu
- Bijon Bhattacharya
- Jalad Chatterjee
- Shanta Devi
- Ritwik Ghatak[6]
- Shanti Mitra
- Prematosh Roy
- Shobha Sen
- Sushil Sen.
Crew
- Direction and cinematography: Nemai Ghosh.
- Writer: Swarnakamal Bhattacharya.
- Music: Kalabran Das
See also
- Pather Panchali, 1955 film directed by Satyajit Ray
References
- ISBN 978-0-85229-762-9. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-8143-3324-2.
- ^ Jonathan Crow (2013). "The Uprooted (1950)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Chinnamul" (in Bengali). 17 December 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ISBN 9788131714164.
- ^ Very few people know that Ritwik Ghatak for the first time associated with this film through his acting. Ghatak was praised for acting in three of his own films later – ‘Subarnarekha’ (1962), ‘Titash Ekti Nadir Naam’ (1973) and ‘Jukti Takko aar Gappo’ (1974). Ghatak himself was a victim of partition and along with his family, moved to Berhampore (Murshidabad) and later to Kolkata just before millions of refugees from East Pakistan began to flood into the city. He also was a victim of catastrophic Bengal famine of 1943 before the partition of 1947.
External links
- Chinnamul at IMDb