''Kahini'' is a

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drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Malay Bhattacharya and produced by Chandramala Bhattacharya. This film was officially released in India on 17 October 1997 under the banner of Movie Mill. It received

43rd National Film Awards The 43rd 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 1995. Ceremony took place on 6 A ...

for the best debut film of a Director.

Plot

Rajat decides to kidnap a child. Before execute the plan a stranger gives him some documents and a half burnt photo of a child. Rajat, a painter and a taxi driver start their journey with the kidnapped child but get more and more entangled in complex situations. The physical condition of the child become worse.

Cast

Dhritiman Chatterjee Dhritiman Chatterjee is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray's ''Pratidwandi'' (''The Adversary''). Most of his acting work has been in India's "parallel", or independent, cinema with filmmaker ...

as Rajat *

Rabi Ghosh Robi Ghosh ( bn, রবি ঘোষ) (24 November 1931 – 4 February 1997) was an Indian actor known for his work in Bengali cinema. He is known for his comic appeal, though his versatile acting talent brought him success in various kin ...

* 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

External links

* {{National Film Award Best First Film of a Director 1997 films Bengali-language Indian films Indian drama films 1997 drama films 1990s Bengali-language films Best Debut Feature Film of a Director National Film Award winners