''Mahulbonir Sereng'' ( bn, মেহুলবনীর সেরেঙ্গ ''Songs of Mahulbonir'' or ''Tribal song Mahulbonir'') is a 2004 Bengali film directed by

Sekhar Das Sekhar Das ( bn, শেখর দাশ; alternately spelled Shekhar Das) is a Bengali film/theatre director, scriptwriter/playwright, actor and producer. He has three award-winning feature films to his credit. ''Jogajog'' (Relationships) based ...

based on a same name story of

Tapan Bandyopadhyay Tapan Bandopadhyay (born 7 June 1947) is an eminent Bengali novelist. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2022 for his novel ''Birbal''. Early life Tapan Bandyopadhyay was born in 1947 in Satkhira District. His family migrated from East Pakistan ( ...

This film was released at 13th

Brisbane International Film Festival The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held in Brisbane, Australia. Organised by the Screen Culture unit at Screen Queensland, the festival has taken place since 1992, with the program including features, doc ...

2004 and 19 April 2005 at Filmfest DC in Washington, D.C.

Plot

The story is a narrative revolving around the love triangle of Aghore ( Pijush Ganguly), with his wife Saheli (

Chandrayee Ghosh Chandrayee Ghosh (sometimes spelled Chandreye Ghosh or Chandreyi Ghosh) is an Indian actress, who appears in Bengali film and television series. Career Ghosh made her film debut in Sekhar Das's '' Mohulbanir Sereng'', followed by ''Tista'' i ...

) and Dr. Alaktak Roy (

Silajit Majumder Silajit Majumder ( bn, শিলাজিৎ মজুমদার, born 9 October 1965), first name also spelled ''Shilajit'', is an Indian Bengali male singer songwriter and actor from Kolkata. He is mostly credited by his first name. As an ac ...

). Aghore is a police constable who works in a different place so he often stays out of hometown, in the meantime his wife Saheli gets closer with the new young doctor of their village. When Aghore came back, he get the news the Saheli is pregnant, he becomes very happy. But all of villagemen claim that the baby is the doctor's and not Aghore's. Though Aghore tries to argue in favour of his wife and doctor but the village head calls 'Gira' by gram Panchayet (Judgement by 10 village heads). On the day of 'Gira' Saheli commits suicide and the narrator Damayanti (

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 ...

) helps the doctor to run away. Another parallel story of Damayanti and Somesh Gomes ( Sabyasachi Chakrabarty) goes side by side. Somesh is a social worker, the love interest of Damayanti who is the B.D.O. of that tribal area. Twelve years after this incident Damayanti comes back to the village of Mahulbani and finds that besides many changes the beauty and simplicity of nature still exists.

Cast

* Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Somesh Gomes *

as Damayanti *

Arindam Sil Arindam Sil is an Indian actor, film director and line producer. Early life Sil was born on 12 March 1964 in North Calcutta to a traditional joint family. He was a student of St. Joseph's College, Calcutta, and St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, ...

as husband of Damayanti * Aparajita Auddy *

as Saheli *

Debshankar Halder Debshankar HaldarSpelling according tTelegraph Calcutta (or Debshankar HalderSpelling according t or Debsankar HalderThis spelling has been used in Nandikar'website.) is a Bengali theatre actor with a long career in Bengali theatre groups such a ...

* Debesh Roy Chowdhury * Pijush Ganguly as Aghore *

as Dr Alatak Roy *

Kunal Mitra Basab Mitra, popularly known by his stage name Kunal Mitra ( bn, কুনাল মিত্র), was an Indian actor who appeared in Bengali films and television. Early life Kunal Mitra was an Indian f ...

as Damayanti's Senior Officer

References

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