''Mahaprithibi'' (World Within, World Without) is a 1991 Bengali

social Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives fro ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen ( ; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was a Bengali film director and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, and a few Hindi cinema, Hindi and Telugu cinema, Telugu language films. Regarded as on ...

. The film was released under the banner of G. G. Films and received BFJA Awards in 1992.

Plot

The film revolves around the global changing social order. An elderly lady of a family committed suicide, and some reasons as to why she committed suicide are revealed. She has three sons and a daughter; her eldest son was involved in the Naxalbari uprising and was killed brutally by the police. Her widowed daughter-in-law had an affair with her other son before their marriage. Soon after the death of his elder brother, the younger one goes to

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, becomes jobless and returns to

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

. The youngest son is unemployed and the only daughter is a mental patient. All these affects the lady and she commits suicide.

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; ; 19 January 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the histor ...

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 ...

* Victor Bannerjee * Anjan Dutt * Asit Bandopadhyay * Anashua Majumdar * Gita Dey * Chandan Roy * Abhijit Mukhopadhyay * Kumarjit Chattopadhyay * Mukul Chowdhury

References

{{Mrinal Sen 1991 films 1991 drama films Bengali-language Indian films Indian drama films Films directed by Mrinal Sen Films set in Kolkata 1990s Bengali-language films Films scored by B. V. Karanth