Kahini (transl. The Story) is a Bengali drama film directed by Malay Bhattacharya and produced by Chandramala Bhattacharya.[1][2] This film was officially released in India on 17 October 1997 under the banner of Movie Mill.[3] It received 43rd National Film Awards for the best debut film of a director.[4]
Plot
[edit]Rajat, a painter and a taxi driver, decides to kidnap a child. Before executing the plan a stranger gives him some documents and a half-burnt photo of a child. Rajat starts their journey with the kidnapped child but get more and more entangled in complex situations. The physical condition of the child becomes worse.
Cast
[edit]- Dhritiman Chatterjee as Rajat
- Rabi Ghosh
- Debesh Roy Chowdhury as Taxi driver
- Debashish Goswami
- Neelkantha Sengupta
- Anuradha Ghatak
- Ajoy Acharya
- Sukhlal Baidya
- Soumyamoy Bakshi
- Soumik Bal
- Jayantamohan Bandyopadhyay
- Bishwanath Banerjee
- Indranil Banerjee
References
[edit]- ^ "Kahini / Fiction (Forum, Film Festival Berlin 1997)". www.arsenal-berlin.de. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Eminent Film Makers and Award Winners Appeal to President to Resolve FTII Crisis". The Wire. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Kahini". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Kahini". The Times of India. 17 October 1997. Retrieved 31 May 2021.