''Dekha'' is a 2001

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directed by

Goutam Ghose Goutam Ghose (also spelled Gautam Ghosh born 24 July 1950) is an Indian film director, Actor, music director and cinematographer, who works primarily in Bengali cinema. He is the only Indian to have received the "Vittorio Di Sica" Award, Italy ...

. This was Ghose's ninth feature film and it was a successful one. At the

48th National Film Awards The 48th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2000. Ceremony took place on 12 ...

, the film was awarded Best Feature Film in Bengali, while

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 16 June 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 history of ...

was awarded the

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Plot

The film revolves around an ageing poet Sashi Bhusan Sanyal afflicted with

glaucoma Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that result in damage to the optic nerve (or retina) and cause vision loss. The most common type is open-angle (wide angle, chronic simple) glaucoma, in which the drainage angle for fluid within the eye rem ...

and nearly blind whose wife has deserted him because of his reckless lifestyle.

Cast

as Sashi Bhusan Sanyal * Debashree Roy as Sarama *

Roopa Ganguly Roopa Ganguly is an Indian actress, playback singer and politician. She is best known for her portrayal of Draupadi in B R Chopra's hit television series ''Mahabharat''. Often promoted as the Tollywood's answer to Bollywood's Shabana Azmi, she ...

as Sashi Bhusan's wife * Indrani Haldar as Reema *

Biplab Chatterjee Biplab Chatterjee is an Indian actor and director of television and films. Career Biplab started his film career with Satyajit Ray in his film ''Pratidwandi''. He is popular for his antagonistic character in Bengali films. Apart from his career ...

as Biplob *

Haradhan Bannerjee Haradhan Bandopadhyay (6 November 1926 – 5 January 2013) was a Bengali Indian male actor of television and films. He made his debut in the 1948 Bengali film ''Devdut'', directed by Atanu Bandopadhyay. He worked with some of the most prominen ...

as Sarama's father * Paran Bandyopadhyay *

Anjan Dutt Anjan Dutt (Bengali: অঞ্জন দত্ত) is an Indian film director, actor, and singer-songwriter known for his work in the Bengali alternative music genre ''anyodharar gaan''. As an actor, Dutt began his career in Bengali cinema i ...

as Sarama's husband * Kamal Kanjilal as Gagan Chandra Goon

References

External links

* * 2001 films Films about blind people in India Bengali-language Indian films Films about writers Best Bengali Feature Film National Film Award winners 2000s Bengali-language films Films directed by Goutam Ghose Indian drama films {{2000s-Bengali-film-stub