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K. K. Mahajan
K. K. Mahajan (2 October 1944 – 13 July 2007) was an Indian cinematographer who was known for his work in Parallel Cinema. In a career that spanned over four decades, he won four National Film Awards. He was best known for his work with filmmakers such as Kumar Shahani, Mani Kaul, Basu Chatterjee and Mrinal Sen. Starting his career in the late 1960s, Mahajan worked simultaneously in parallel and mainstream films for the next four decades. In all he shot 84 feature films, around 100 commercials and over 20 documentaries and several television serials. Early life and education Born in Gurdaspur in Punjab, Mahajan graduated in a physics from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Thereafter, he joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and graduated with a diploma in Motion Picture Photography in 1966 with a gold medal. Career Mahajan started his career worked on advertising films, short films and documentaries most notably Shyam Benegal's ''Child of the Streets'' (1967) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurdaspur
Gurdaspur is a city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, between the rivers Beas River, Beas and Ravi River, Ravi. It houses the administrative headquarters of Gurdaspur District and is in the geographical centre of the district, which shares a border with Pakistan. The Emperor Akbar was crowned at Kalanaur, Punjab, India, Kalanaur, which is 26 km from the city. History Mughal period Gurdaspur was founded by a ''dervish'' ('Muslim ascetic') named Bhai Chand. In April 1715, the Sikh revolutionary leader Banda Bahadur seized Gurdaspur from the Mughal forces of Farrukhsiyar (). Banda strengthened his defences, increased storage of supplies, and slashed the ''shahnahr'' canal. After an eight-month siege, the Mughal army of Abd al-Samad Khan broke into the Sikh garrison, arrested Banda and conquered Gurdaspur in December 1715. Demographics According to the 2011 India census, Gurdaspur had a population of 2,299,026 (1,212,995 males and 1,086,031 females ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhuvan Shome
''Bhuvan Shome'' is a 1969 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Mrinal Sen based on the story of Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay. The cast includes Utpal Dutt (Mr. Bhuvan Shome) and Suhasini Mulay (Gauri, a village belle). Sen based his film on a Bengali story by Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay. The film is considered a landmark in modern Indian cinema. This was the debut film of Suhasini Mulay. Amitabh Bachchan did the voiceover and was the narrator. Plot Bhuvan Shome, a widower and a dedicated civil servant - strict, uncompromising - is a "big officer" in the Indian Railways. The background of the film is constructed in the context of a few railway ticket checkers discussing him as a strict, unreasonable officer ("afsar"). It continues with him being described, by the narrator, as a man whose "Bengali"-ness has not been affected by his travels. His apparent age, late 50s, is an important element of his psychology. Inspired by the idea of hunting, Bhuvan Shome takes a "hunting hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piya Ka Ghar
''Piya Ka Ghar'' ( My beloved's house) is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language comedy set in Mumbai in the 1970s. It is a remake of Raja Thakur's Marathi film ''Mumbaicha Jawai''. It portrays the difficulties of life in India's biggest city during the 1970s in the form of a comic family drama. Its song ''"Ye Jeevan Hai"'' sung by Kishore Kumar was frequently used in 2022 movie Uunchai in background as a part of the story plot. Plot The two main characters are Ram and Malti (Jaya Bhaduri). Ram lives in a chawl (tenement) in Mumbai. Malti initially lives in a relatively comfortable home in an unidentified village. Ram and Malti are hooked up through a matchmaker that their parents have hired. We first see the matchmaker visiting Malti's house; he then visits Ram and his family (parents, two brothers, one sister-in-law, three uncles, and two aunts), who live together in a one-room apartment. Ram and Malti fall in love, and Ram's family visits her in her village. Soon, they are married, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ek Din Achanak
''Ek Din Achanak'' (Hindi: एक दिन अचानक, English: ''Suddenly, One Day'') is a 1989 art film directed by Mrinal Sen, based on a Bengali novel, ''Beej'' by Ramapada Chowdhury. Synopsis One evening, in the midst of torrential rains, a professor (Shreeram Lagoo) goes out for a walk and fails to return. As the evening stretches into days and the days into weeks with no sign of him, his family struggles to regain their footing and to understand what might have caused him to leave. Slowly they return to their daily activities. The professor's son Amit "Amu"(Arjun Chakraborty) establishes his fledgling business; his younger daughter Seema (Roopa Ganguly) resumes her studies at college; and his elder daughter, Neeta (Shabana Azmi), the backbone of the family, returns to her office job. Behind the facade of normalcy, though, the family is deeply wounded. Amit enjoys success in his business but is bitter and dour. Seema passes with 'First Division' in College. Neeta h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khandhar
''Khandhar'' (English: ''Ruins'') is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Mrinal Sen, based on a Bengali short story, ''Telenapota Abishkar'' (Discovering Telenapota) by Premendra Mitra. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapur. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Three friends from the city visit some ruins where an aged mother (Gita Sen) and her daughter Jamini (Shabana Azmi) live. Mother awaits the arrival of a distant cousin to marry Jamini, but the man is already married and living in Calcutta. The photographer Subhash (Naseeruddin Shah) takes pity on the family and pretends to be the awaited suitor. They keep up the charade for the duration of the trio's visit, Subhash quietly becoming attracted to Jamini even as he understands the fate awaiting her. When the friends leave, Jamini stays behind, facing a life of loneliness in the ruins. Cast * Shabana Azmi as Jamini * Naseeruddin Shah as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharij
''Kharij'', sometimes translated as ''The Case is Closed'', is a 1982 Bengali film by Mrinal Sen under the banner of Neelkanth Films. It is based on a novel by Ramapada Chowdhury. Plot The movie tells the story of a middle-class family whose child servant, Palan is found dead in their kitchen, and their efforts to pacify his grieving father. Cast * Anjan Dutt as Anjan Sen * Mamata Shankar as Mamata Sen * Sreela Majumdar as Sreeja * Gita Sen as Helpful neighbor * Sunil Mukherjee as Curious neighborhood onlooker * Indranil Moitra as Pupai * Dehapratim Das Gupta as Hari * Nilotpal Dey as Inspector * Charuprakash Ghosh as Lawyer * Debatosh Ghosh Awards * 1983:Golden Palm: 1983 Cannes Film Festival: Mrinal Sen: ''Nominated'' * 1983:Jury Prize: 1983 Cannes Film Festival: Mrinal Sen. * 1983: Second Best Feature Film: National Film Award:Mrinal Sen * 1983: Best Screenplay:National Film Award:Mrinal Sen * 1983: Best Art Direction:National Film Award:Nitish Roy * 1983: Golden Spike:Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akaler Sandhane
''Akaler Shandhaney'' ( bn, আকালের সন্ধানে; "In Search of Famine") is a 1982 Indian Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen. Plot In September 1980, a film crew comes to a village to make a film about a famine, which killed five million Bangalis in 1943. It was a man-made famine, a side-product of the war, and the film crew will create the tragedy of those millions who died of starvation. The film documents the convivial life among the film crew and the hazards, problems and tension of filmmaking on location. The actors live a double life, and the villagers, both simple and not-so-simple, flock to watch their work with wonder and suspicion. But as the film progresses, the recreated past begins to confront the present. The uneasy coexistence of 1943 and 1980 reveals a bizarre connection, involving a village woman whose visions add a further dimension of time—that of the future. A disturbing situation, indeed, for the "famine-seekers"! Cast *Dhritiman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ek Din Pratidin
''Ek Din Pratidin'' (English title: "And Quiet Rolls the Dawn") is a 1979 Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen. The film stars Mamata Shankar, Gita Sen and Sreela Majumdar, among others. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The daughter of an economically middle-class family fails to return home one night. Her family worries, make searches and evolves into a deep crisis, more so because she is the only bread winner in the family. Overcoming the economic and social constraints, the film has a deep underlining of hidden strength. Cast * Mamata Shankar as Chinu * Gita Sen as Chinu's mother * Sreela Majumdar as Minu * Kaushik Sen * Nalini Banerjee * Arun Mukherjee * Umanath Bhattacharya * Biplab Chatterjee * Satya Bandhyopadhyay Awards *National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali *National Film Award for Best Direction *National Film Award for Best Editing The National Film Award for Best Editing is one of the National Film Awards presented annua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oka Oori Katha
''Oka Oori Katha'' (English title: The Marginal Ones; Telugu: ఒక ఊరి కథ) is a 1977 Indian Telugu-Language drama film directed by Mrinal Sen. The Pan-Indian film is based on the story ''Kafan'' by Munshi Premchand. The film was one of the Indian entries at the 4th Hong Kong International Film Festival. The film won Special Awards at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and Carthage Film Festival. It was showcased in the ''Indian Panorama'' section of the 1978 International Film Festival of India. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu at the 25th National Film Awards, "for successfully transforming Premchand's story "Kafan" into a scathing commentary on rural destitution and social injustice; for projecting through powerful performances of its leading characters, the degradation and brutalisation of human beings, for its sincere commitment to the cause of the downtrodden; for its fervent impassioned appeal to the conscience of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrigayaa
''Mrigayaa'' () is a 1976 Indian historical drama film directed by Mrinal Sen and produced by K. Rajeshwara Rao. It is based on an Odia short story by Bhagbati Charan Panigrahi, called "Shikaar". The film portrayed the relationship between the British colonial government and native villagers, and their exploitation by Indian landlords in 1920s India. It also depicts the friendship between a British administrator, who has a flair for game hunting, and a native tribal, who is an expert archer. The lead actors, Mithun Chakraborty and Mamata Shankar, both made their cinematic debuts through the film. The film score was provided by Salil Chowdhury, while K. K. Mahajan handled the cinematography. At the 24th National Film Awards, ''Mrigayaa'' won two awards—Best Feature Film and Best Actor. It also won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie apart from being nominated for the Golden Prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival in 1977. Plot The plot is set in the 1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Padatik (film)
''Padatik'' (''The Guerrilla Fighter'') is a 1973 Bengali drama film directed by noted Parallel Cinema director Mrinal Sen. This film is considered to be the third film of Mrinal Sen's ''Calcutta'' trilogy, the others being ''Interview'', and '' Calcutta 71''. Plot A political activist escapes the prison van and is sheltered in a posh apartment owned by a sensitive young woman. Both are rebels: the activist against political treachery and the other on social level. Both are bitter about badly organized state of things. Being in solitary confinement, the fugitive engages himself in self-criticism and, in the process, questions the leadership. Questions are not allowed, obeying that is mandatory. Displeasure leads to bitterness, bitterness to total rift. The struggle has to continue, both for the political activist, now segregated, and the woman in exile. Cast * Dhritiman Chatterjee * Simi Garewal Simi Garewal (born Simrita Garewal; 17 October 1947) is an Indian actress, di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
