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Chorus (1974 Film)
''Chorus'' is a 1974 Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali film directed by noted Indian art film director Mrinal Sen under the banner of Mrinal Sen Productions. It was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize. Cast * Utpal Dutt * Asit Bandopadhyay * Sekhar Chatterjee * Rabi Ghosh * Dilip Roy (actor), Dilip Roy * Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Haradhan Banerjee * Ajoy Bannerjee * Subhendu Chatterjee * Gita Sen * Rasaraj Chakraborty * Supantha Bhattacharjee * Awards *National Film Award for Best Feature Film *National Film Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-white) – K. K. Mahajan *National Film Award for Best Music Direction – Ananda Shankar Bengal Film Journalist Award for Best Supporting Actor- Asit Banerjee References External links *On the Mrinal Sen website 1974 films 1974 drama films Bengali-language Indian films Films directed by Mrinal Sen Best Feature Film National Film Award winners Films whose cinematographer won the Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen (''Beng.'' মৃণাল সেন; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was an Indian film director, and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Bengali, and few Hindi and Telugu language films. Regarded as one of the finest Indian filmmakers, along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Tapan Sinha, Sen played major role in the New Wave cinema of eastern India. Sen has received various national and international honors including eighteen Indian National Film Awards. The Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan, and the Government of France honored him with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, while Russian Government honored him with the Order of Friendship. Sen was also awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award for filmmakers in India. He was one of the few Indian filmmakers having won awards at the big three film festivals viz., Cannes, Venice and the Berlinale. Sen was a self described "private Marxist". Influenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Feature Film
The National Award for Best Feature Film is one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with the ''Golden Lotus'' (''Swarna Kamal''). The award is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages. , the award comprises a ''Swarna Kamal'', a certificate, and a cash prize of 2,50,000 and is presented to the producer and the director of the film. The National Film Awards were established in 1954 to "encourage production of the films of a high aesthetic and technical standard and educational and culture value" and also planned to include awards for regional films. The awards were instituted as "State Awards for Films" but were renamed to "National Film Awards" at the 15th National Film Awards in 1967. , the award is one of six ''Swarna Kamal' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |