''Shonar Pahar'' is a 2018 Indian
Bengali
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* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
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drama film
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directed by
Parambrata Chattopadhyay. The film portrays the journey and friendship between two people, a 7-year old young orphan and a 70-year old grandmother.
Plot
The film opens in an old dilapidated home in the suburbs of Kolkata, with Upama, a 72-year old retired school teacher residing alone. She is estranged from her only son, Soumya, who lives separately with his wife, Moumita. Upama is shown to be bitter and reminisces the time spent with Soumya. The owner of a local NGO, played by Parambrata Chattopadhyay, introduces her to 7-year old orphan boy named Bitlu, and a bond begins to form between them. One day, Upama and Bitlu go missing and thus ensues an emotional journey for Soumya to find his mother and mend the distance between them.
Cast
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Tanuja
Tanuja Mukherjee (née Samarth), known mononymously as Tanuja, (born 23 September 1943) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in the Hindi film industry. Part of the Mukherjee-Samarth family, she is the daughter of actress Shobhna Sam ...
as Upama Mukherjee
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Jisshu Sengupta
Jisshu Sengupta (born Biswaroop Sengupta; 15 March 1977) is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter, who predominantly works in Bengali, Hindi and Telugu films alongside a few Kannada films.
Sengupta made his debut through a Bengali TV ...
as Shoumya Mukherjee
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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 ...
as Rajat
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Parambrata Chattopadhyay as Rajdeep the owner of ''Anandaghar,'' an NGO
* Swarnava Sanyal as Child Soumo
* Srijato Bandhopadhyay as Bitlu
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Arunima Ghosh
Arunima Ghosh is an Indian Bengali language, Bengali film and television actress.
Filmography
* ''Rinmukti'' (2000)
* ''Surya (2004 film), Surya'' (2004)
* ''Ek Mutho Chabi'' (2005)
* ''Sangram (2005 film), Sangram'' (2005)
* ''Probhu Nosto ...
as Moumita, Soumya's wife
* Lama Haldar as a cab driver
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 8347882
Indian drama films
Bengali-language Indian films
2010s Bengali-language films