''Prohor'' is a 2002

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feature film directed by Subhadro Chowdhury. The film is based on Dulendra Bhowmick's short story ''Dash Number Bed''. The cinematographer of the film was Amlan Dutta. It revolves around a nurse who, in one night, discovers that there is a patient in her hospital, who once raped her brutally. It stars

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as the central character. The film was edited by Saurav Sharangi and the background score was composed by Chiradeep Dasgupta. The film was critically appreciated and has often been considered as the best of Debashree Roy. Indian film historian S. Theodore Bhaskaran listed this film into his choice of ten best Indian films. Several film critics have considered this film stodgy and unwieldy. It bagged

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in 2002. It was released in some limited halls in 2002.

Synopsis

Nandita who is a nurse encounters an emergent case of a bomb blast. The patient is a bomb blast victim and a criminal under police protection.

Cast

as Nandita *

Alokananda Roy Alokananda Roy is an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali cinema and theatre. She made her thespian debut at the age of seven in the 1951 and later on became part of numerous Bengali plays. She made her screen debut with Satyajit Ray's ...

as Nandita's mother *

Barun Chanda Barun Chanda is an Indian Bengali people, Bengali advertising professional, actor and author based in the city of Kolkata. He is mostly remembered for his role in Satyajit Ray's ''Seemabaddha''. Biography Chanda was born in Dhaka in present-d ...

as Doctor Sengupta *

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as Sarit *

Chaiti Ghoshal Chaiti Ghoshal is an Indian actress in Bengali language film and television. Filmography Television * Ek Akasher Niche * Neel Seemana * Mohona * Manik (TV series), Manik * Jamai Raja (2017 TV series), Jamai Raja * Tomay Amay Mile * Araksh ...

as Seema *

Rajatava Dutta Rajatava Dutta (b. 11 August 1967) is an Indian actor who appears in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, Hindi cinema, Hindi and English-language Indian films, English films. He is often regarded as one of the most celebrated and respected Bengali ...

as Biltu * Manjushree Ganguly as Tuku * Ritwik

Awards

References

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* Bengali-language Indian films Best Debut Feature Film of a Director National Film Award winners 2000s Bengali-language films 2004 films Films scored by Indradeep Dasgupta {{2000s-Bengali-film-stub