Kharij
| Kharij | |
|---|---|
 Movie poster. | |
| Directed by | Mrinal Sen |
| Written by | Mrinal Sen |
| Starring | Anjan Dutt Mamata Shankar Sreela Majumdar |
| Cinematography | K. K. Mahajan |
| Edited by | Gangadhar Naskar |
| Music by | B. V. Karanth |
Production company | Neelkanth Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Kharij, sometimes translated as The Case is Closed, is a 1982 Bengali film by Mrinal Sen under the banner of Neelkanth Films. It is based on the 1974 Ramapada Chowdhury novel of the same name.[1] The film was a hit at the box-office.
Plot
[edit]The movie tells the story of a middle-class family whose child servant, Palan, is found dead in their kitchen, and their efforts to pacify his grieving father.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Anjan Dutt as Anjan Sen
- Mamata Shankar as Mamata Sen
- Sreela Majumdar as Sreeja
- Gita Sen as Helpful neighbor
- Sunil Mukherjee as Curious neighborhood onlooker
- Indranil Moitra as Pupai
- Dehapratim Das Gupta as Hari
- Nilotpal Dey as Inspector
- Charuprakash Ghosh as Lawyer
- Debatosh Ghosh
Awards
[edit]- 1983:Golden Palm: 1983 Cannes Film Festival: Mrinal Sen: Nominated [3]
- 1983:Jury Prize: 1983 Cannes Film Festival: Mrinal Sen.[4]
- 1983:Second Best Feature Film: National Film Award:Mrinal Sen
- 1983:Best Screenplay:National Film Award:Mrinal Sen
- 1983:Best Art Direction:National Film Award:Nitish Roy
- 1983: Golden Spike:Valladolid International Film Festival.[5]
See also
[edit]- Palan, a 2023 spiritual sequel by Kaushik Ganguly
References
[edit]- ^ "Kharij (1982)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ Bhattacharjee, Rudradeep (2 January 2019). "Film flashback: In Mrinal Sen's 'Kharij', a young boy dies and nobody cares (except the director)". Scroll.in. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ Awards Internet Movie Database.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Kharij". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
- ^ "'Kharij' (1982) - 7 international award-winning Bengali films you shouldn't miss". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
External links
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Categories:
- 1982 films
- 1982 drama films
- Bengali-language Indian films
- Films directed by Mrinal Sen
- Films set in Kolkata
- Films whose production designer won the Best Production Design National Film Award
- Films whose writer won the Best Original Screenplay National Film Award
- Second Best Feature Film National Film Award winners
- 1980s Bengali-language films
- Films based on works by Ramapada Chowdhury
- Bengali-language film stubs
- 1980s film stubs