''Amar Lenin'' ( bn, আমার লেনিন, subtitle: My Lenin) is a 1970 black and white

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

directed by film director

Ritwik Ghatak Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (; 4 November 19256 February 1976) was a noted Indian film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Along with prominent contemporary Bengali filmmakers Satyajit Ray, Tapan Sinha and Mrinal Sen, his cinema is primarily remembe ...

made for

Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the subnational government of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The ...

in the centenary year (1970) of the birth of

Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 19 ...

. The film was created by Ritwik Ghatak. It is based on the thoughts and views of Ritwik Ghatak on

Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 19 ...

and

communism Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

. The film was, for some time, not allowed to be released in India.

Initial problems

After making the film, countries such as the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

and the

People's Republic of Poland The Polish People's Republic ( pl, Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989 as the predecessor of the modern Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million nea ...

approached Ritwik Ghatak for him to show the movie in those countries. However, issues arose with the National Film Censorship Board of India which did not approve of the movie and banned it in India. Ghatak and his team had to work hard to have the movie passed by the censorship board. Ritwik Ghatak personally met with

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...

on this matter.

Cast and Crew

*Production: Sumana Films *Direction and screenplay:

*Cinematography: Dhruba Kumar Basu and Shakti Banerjee. *Music Direction: Jyotirindra Maitro and Binoy Roy *Singers: Preeti Banerjee, Binoy Roy, Mantu Ghosh, Anima Dasgupta, Reba Ray Choudhury. *Acting: Arun Kumar etc.

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External links

Amar Lenin (Film Link)
YouTube link for the actual film with english subtitles. {{Ritwik Ghatak Documentary films about politicians Indian documentary films Films about Vladimir Lenin Black-and-white documentary films 1970 films 1970 documentary films Bengali-language Indian films Bengali-language biographical films

Initial problems

Cast and Crew

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