Ek Doctor Ki Maut
Ek Doctor Ki Maut | |
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Irrfan Deepa Sahi | |
Cinematography | Soumendu Roy |
Edited by | Soumendu Roy |
Music by | Vanraj Bhatia |
Release date |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Ek Doctor Ki Maut (transl. Death of a Doctor) is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language drama film by Tapan Sinha, which depicts the ostracism, bureaucratic negligence, reprimand and insult of a doctor and his research, instead of recognition.[1] The film is based on the 1982 Ramapada Chowdhury story Abhimanyu.[2] The movie is loosely based on the life of Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay, an Indian physician who pioneered the In vitro fertilisation treatment around the same time when another leading scientist Dr. Robert Edwards was conducting separate experiments in England.[3][4]
Plot
After years of painstaking research at the cost of his personal life, Dr. Dipankar Roy (
Cast
- Pankaj Kapur as Dr. Dipankar Roy
- Shabana Azmi as Seema
- Anil Chatterjee as Dr. Kundu
- Irrfan Khan as Amulya
- Deepa Sahi
- Vijayendra Ghatge as Dr. Sen
- Sushant Sanyal
- Kaushal Kumar Singh
Reception
The film was greatly applauded by film critics and writers. Tapan Sinha, the director, was inspired by the life and death of Subhash Mukhopadhyay and dedicates this film to him.
Awards
38th National Film Awards, India
- 1990 National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film
- 1990 National Film Award for Best Direction: Tapan Sinha
- 1990 Pankaj Kapoor(Dr. Dipankar Roy).
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
- 1991 Best Film
- 1991 Best Director
Filmfare Awards
- 1992 Filmfare Best Screenplay Award: Tapan Sinha.
References
- ^ Gupta, Uttaran Das (11 January 2019). "'Ek Doctor Ki Maut' and the dangers of bureaucracy superseding science". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "'Ek doctor ki maut' writer Ramapada Chowdhury passes away at 95". The Indian Express. 29 July 2018. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- Times News Network (14 October 2003). "Honour fails to cheer doctor's wife". The Times of India. Archivedfrom the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "Subhash Mukhopadhyay - the unlucky doctor behind India's first Test-tube baby". Sify. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010.
- ^ "Anyone who is not a doctor should watch Pankaj Kapur's Ek Doctor Ki Maut before blaming them". ThePrint. 23 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990)". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
External links
- Ek Doctor Ki Maut at IMDb