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''Desh'' () is a 2002 Bengali film directed by
Raja Sen Raja Sen (born 10 November 1955) is an Indian film and television director and the winner of three National Film Awards from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the father of Subhasree Sen and Sreyoshi Sen. Career Raja Sen first received reco ...
. The film is based on a story written by
Prafulla Roy Prafulla Roy (11 September 1934 – 19 June 2025) was a Bengali author, lived in West Bengal, India. He received Bankim Puraskar and Sahitya Akademi Award for his literary contribution in Bengali. Roy died on 19 June 2025, at the age of 90. ...
. It is written against the backdrop of
arms trafficking Arms trafficking or gunrunning is the illicit trade of contraband small arms, explosives, and ammunition, which constitutes part of a broad range of illegal activities often associated with transnational criminal organizations. The illegal tra ...
in North Bengal.


Cast

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Jaya Bachchan Jaya Bachchan (''née'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She is regarded as one of the greatest actresses of Hindi cinema. She is serving as member of the parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party ...
as Suprabha Chowdhury, formerly a freedom fighter in
Indian National Movement The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British Raj, British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic ...
**
Samata Das Samata Das is an Indian actress. She rose to fame for her role as Lati in Buddhadev Dasgupta's National Film Award, National Award winning film ''Mondo Meyer Upakhyan'' (2002). Personal life Das married Bengali television assistant director ...
as young Suprabha Chowdhury *
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty ( is an Indian actor known for his work in theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty ...
as Sanjay Nandi *
Subhendu Chatterjee Shubhendu Chattopadhyay (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 second hero ...
as Pratul Haldar *
Nayna Bandyopadhyay Nayna Bandyopadhyay is an Indian actress and politician who is known for her work in Bengali cinema and television. She is the MLA of the Chowrangee Assembly constituency since 2014, as an Trinamool Congress candidate. She was the MLA of the ...
as Shila Chatterjee *
Gyanesh Mukherjee Gyanesh Mukherjee (5 July 1926 – 8 May 2008) was a Bengali actor, director and theater personality. Career He was involved with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). In his film career, Mukherjee worked with number of famous directors ...
as Ambika Singh *
Monu Mukherjee Sourendra Mohan Mukherjee (1 March 1930 – 6 December 2020), known as Monu Mukherjee, was an Indian actor who worked in Bengali language films and television serials. In 1958, he became a prompter. His first acting assignment was in the play '' ...
as Sudhakanta Chatterjee, Shila's father *
Dulal Lahiri Dulal Lahiri is an Indian actor and director. He has appeared in numerous Bengali films and TV series. He was critically appreciated for his directorial venture ''Cinemawalla'' (1993) a Bengali TV series starring Rituparna Sengupta. He introduce ...
as Mr. Sharma *
Kaushik Sen Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor in film, television, OTT and theatre, based in Kolkata. He is the founder and director of the theatre group Swapnasandhani. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for best ...
as Akhil Som, an
Indian revolutionary The Revolutionary movement for Indian Independence was part of the Indian independence movement comprising the actions of violent underground revolutionary factions. Groups believing in armed revolution against the ruling British fall into thi ...
* George Baker as Douglas * Rajesh Sharma as Pulak *
Sumit Ganguly Sumit Ganguly is an American political scientist. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor of political science at Indiana University and currently holds that University's Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Ci ...
as Bolte *Shankar Ghosh *Kalyani Mandal as Shanti *
Abhishek Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan (; born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. From 2012 to 2016, Bachchan appeared in ...
(Cameo) as Anjan Chowdhury, the son of Suprabha Chowdhury


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* 2002 films 2000s Bengali-language films Bengali-language Indian films Films based on works by Prafulla Roy {{2000s-Bengali-film-stub