''Parashuram'' ( bn, পরশুরাম; English title The Man with the Axe) is a 1979 Bengali
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-g ...
directed by
Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen (''Beng.'' মৃণাল সেন; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was an Indian film director, and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Bengali, and few Hindi and Telugu language films. Regarded as one of the finest Ind ...
. It was entered into the
11th Moscow International Film Festival
The 11th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 14 to 28 August 1979. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian-French film '' Christ Stopped at Eboli'' directed by Francesco Rosi, the Spanish film '' Siete días de enero'' directed ...
where it won the Silver Prize.
Cast
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Arun Mukherjee
Arun Mukherjee or Arun Mukhopadhyay is a Bengali actor who started his career in films with ''Kshudhita Pashan'' in 1960 followed by his performance in Satyajit Ray's 1962 film ''Kanchenjunga''. Other films he was in include ''Ekdin Pratidin'', ''S ...
as Parashuram (as Arun Mukhopadhyay)
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Bibhas Chakraborty
Bibhas is a Hindustani classical raga.
Theory
Bibhas (sometimes also called 'Vibhas') is a pentatonic raga belonging to the Bhairav Thaat. This Raga is sung during daybreak. It is quite similar to Raga Deshkar as changing the Shuddha Dha and ...
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Sreela Majumdar
Sreela Majumdar (also credited as Srila Mazumdar) is an actress in the Bengali language film industry of India. She has done voice dubbing for Aishwarya Rai in the film '' Chokher Bali'' (2003).
Early life
She was born to Ramchandra Majumdar a ...
as Alhadi
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Samaresh Banerjee (as Samaresh Bandyopadhyay)
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Jayanta Bhattacharya
Jayanta Bhattacharya is an Indian Politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Tamluk in West Bengal in 1996. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha as an independ ...
as Beggar
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Reba Roy Chowdhury
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Sujal Roy Chowdhury (as Sajal Roy Chowdhury)
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Arati Das
Arati Das (1944 – 6 February 2020), known professionally as Miss Shefali, was an Indian Bengali actress and dancer who was recognized for her work in Bengali cinema. She had worked with film director Satyajit Ray in classics like Pratidwand ...
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Anuradha Debi (as Anuradha Deb)
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Radharani Devi
Radharani Devi (bn:''রাধারাণী দেবী'') was one of the prominent Bengali women poets of the twentieth century.
Literary career
Her first published work was the short story ''Bimata'' (Step-Mother) which was published in ...
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Shailen Ganguli (as Shailen Gangopadhyay)
References
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1979 films
1979 drama films
1970s Bengali-language films
Bengali-language Indian films
Indian drama films
Films directed by Mrinal Sen
Films whose editor won the Best Film Editing National Award
Films featuring a Best Actor National Award-winning performance
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