''Amodini'' is a 1994 Indian

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-language romantic

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directed by

Chidananda Dasgupta Chidananda Das Gupta () (20 November 1921 – 22 May 2011)—family name sometimes spelled 'Dashgupta' and ' Dasgupta'—was an Indian filmmaker, film critic, a film historian and one of the founders of Calcutta Film Society with Satyajit Ray i ...

. It stars

Pijush Ganguly Pijush Ganguly (2 January 1965 – 25 October 2015) was a noted Bengali film, television and theater actor. In 2005 he received the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in ...

Rachna Banerjee Rachna Banerjee (born Jhumjhum Banerjee; 2 October 1972) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, television presenter and politician. She is known primarily for her works in Bengali and Odia films, besides a few Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. ...

and Anushree Das. The film was screened at the Indian Panorama section of the

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on 11 January 1996. Supriya Dasgupta won the

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for her work in this film.

Cast

as Pandu *

Rachana Banerjee Rachna Banerjee (born Jhumjhum Banerjee; 2 October 1972) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, television presenter and politician. She is known primarily for her works in Bengali and Odia films, besides a few Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. ...

as Amodini * Anushree Das *

Konkona Sen Sharma Konkona Sen Sharma (; born 3 December 1979) is an Indian actress and filmmaker who works primarily in Bengali and Hindi films. She has received several awards, including two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards. The daughter of filmm ...

as Teenage stepmother * Ashoke Mukherjee * Tathagata Sanyal * Debika Mitra *

Aparna Sen Aparna Sen (; ) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has received several accolades as an actress and filmmaker, including nine National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards East ...

Reception

S. R. Ashok Kumar of ''

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'' wrote that "Directed by

, this film has Pijush Ganguly, Rachana Banerjee, Ashoke Mukherjee, Tathagata Sanyal, Anusree Das have done their best with the help of the director. The camera by Madhu Ambat and technicians of the other departments of filmmaking have also co-operated to the maximum to make it an enjoyable film.". Deborah Young of ''

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'' wrote that "It’s all good fun for those who like period costumes and historical pageantry and aren’t bothered by the broad comedy of thesps who seem to be acting out a cartoon".

References

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*{{IMDb title, 0305210
''High On Films'' review
Bengali-language Indian films Indian romantic drama films 1990s Bengali-language films