''Lal Darja'' (

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: ''The Red Door'') is a 1997

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about a

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dentist Dr. Nabin Dutta who fears becoming a cripple. Directed and written by

Buddhadev Dasgupta Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian filmmaker and poet best known for his Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali-language films like ''Bagh Bahadur'', ''Tahader Katha'', ''Charachar'' and ''Uttara (film), Uttara''. Five ...

, he film won the Golden Lotus Award for Best Film at the

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Plot

Nabin Dutta ( Subhendu Chattopadhyay) was a 47-year-old dentist. He had a son Kushal who was studying in

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. His wife was not satisfied with him and wanted to be separated. Nabin thought he had some acute disease, but it was nothing serious. Every moment Nabin felt a lack of satisfaction. He compared his situation with his driver Dinu who had two wives, Sukhi (Nandini Maliya) and Maloti (

Indrani Haldar Indrani Haldar is an Indian actress who is mostly known for her work in Bengali cinema. She was conferred with a National Award, three BFJA Awards and two Anandalok Awards. Halder made her debut in 1986 with the Bengali TV series ''Tero Parbo ...

). Dinu's wives were satisfied with him and they had no complaints about Dinu. Nabin tried to understand himself. Most of the time he thought about his childhood in Cherrapunji and the red coloured gate which he thought obeyed him. His mother said that the gate had a huge tolerance and Nabin compared himself with the red coloured gate. Ultimately, after departing from his wife and son, he raised his tolerance to a maximum stage and started to live alone with himself.

Cast

* Champa *

Subhendu Chatterjee Shubhendu Chatterjee, M.B.B.S. (29 November 1936 – 5 July 2007) was an Indian physician and actor, who is known for acting in Bengali television and films. A contemporary of actors Uttam Kumar and Soumitra Chatterjee, with whom he played sec ...

as Nabin Dutta * Raisul Islam *

as Maloti * Biplab Chatterjee *

Haradhan Bandopadhyay Haradhan Bandopadhyay (6 November 1926 – 5 January 2013) was a Bengali Indian male actor of television and films. He made his debut in the 1948 Bengali film ''Devdut'', directed by Atanu Bandopadhyay. He worked with some of the most prominent ...

References

External links

* 1997 films Bengali-language Indian films 1997 drama films Films directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta Best Feature Film National Film Award winners 1990s Bengali-language films {{1990s-Bengali-film-stub