''Samantaral'' () is a 2017 Indian Bengali-language

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drama film, directed by Partha Chakraborty. It stars Parambrata Chatterjee and Riddhi Sen. It was nominated at the 2018 Filmfare Awards for Best Film (Critics). Chatterjee received nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) - Popular and Critics Award for Best Actor (Male).

Plot

Arko ( Riddhi Sen ) returns to his 'mamarbari' (maternal uncles' house) to meet his extended family. Over there, he meets his second uncle Sujan ( Parambrata Chatterjee) who is always locked in a room because of his presumed mental illness. Arko takes permission from his grandfather (

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) to allow him to take Sujan out of the house for some time, much to the chagrin of his other uncles ( Kushal Chakraborty and Anindya Banerjee) and aunt ( Tanusree Chakraborty). As Arko sees his uncle more closely, he realizes that something very wrong has happened to him and the family is hiding a secret. Finally it has been revealed that uncle Sujan is intersex and the family has always wanted to keep this identity shut from outside world. Uncle Sujan commits suicide at the end and donates his eyes to his abusive younger brother (Anindya Banerjee).

Cast

* Parambrata Chatterjee as Sujan * Riddhi Sen as Arko *

as Akhilesh Chatterjee, Sujan's father *

Surangana Bandyopadhyay Surangana Bandyopadhyay (Bengali: সুরঙ্গনা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়; born 18 November 1997) is an Indian actress and singer who primarily known for Bengali films and web series. Early life and education Sh ...

as Titli, Arko's girlfriend * Kushal Chakraborty as Supriyo, the eldest son * Aparajita Adhya as Raai, Eldest daughter-in-law *Anindya Banerjee as Kaushik, the youngest son * Tanusree Chakraborty as Piya, youngest daughter-in-law *Sayantani Guhathakurta as Runi, youngest daughter, Arko's mother (deceased) *

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as Sambit, the psychiatrist

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Samantaral 2017 films Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films