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Chokh (Dagestan)
''Chokh'' (Literal translation, lit. The Eyes) is a List of Bengali films of 1983, 1983 Indian Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali film directed by Utpalendu Chakrabarty, with Om Puri, Anil Chatterjee, Shyamanand Jalan and Sreela Majumdar in lead roles. The film is set in 1975 and the oppression and exploitation of Jute mill workers in Kolkata. At the 30th National Film Awards he won the awards for National Film Award for Best Feature Film, Best Feature Film as well as National Film Award for Best Direction, Best Direction award for the director. Plot The film is set during the Emergency (India), Emergency period in December 1975. Jadunath a labour union leader, of Jethia Jute Mill in Kolkata has been given a death sentence, for the murders of owner Jethia's brother, and another worker, even though he never committed them. Before dying, he pledges his eyes for donation. However, when the mill owner finds about this, he tries to maneuver the medical system to get both eyes for his blin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utpalendu Chakrabarty
Utpalendu Chakrabarty (1948 – 20 August 2024) was an Indian filmmaker based in Kolkata. Life and career Chakrabarty was born in Pabna District in 1948. Utpalendu graduated from Scottish Church College, of the University of Calcutta. Chakrabarty was involved in left-wing politics in his student life and spent time in Purulia among the tribal. Although he started out as a teacher, his passion was cinema. He made several documentaries and films. He was once married to Indrani Chakraborty and later divorced. He remarried to director and activist Satarupa Sanyal but divorced in 2000. His daughters Chitrangada Satarupa and Ritabhari Chakraborty revealed that they had no connection to Utpalendu, their biological father. He has won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 28th National Film Awards in 1980 for Maina Tadanta, the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and Direction at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh, the Berlin International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |