''Samantaral'' () is a 2017 Indian

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-language psychological

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film, directed by Partha Chakraborty. It stars

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and

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. It was nominated at the 2018 Filmfare Awards for Best Film (Critics). Chatterjee received nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) - Popular and Critics Award for Best Actor (Male).

Plot

Arko (

) returns to his 'mamarbari' (maternal uncles' house) to meet his extended family. Over there, he meets his second uncle Sujan (

) who is always locked in a room because of his presumed mental illness. Arko takes permission from his grandfather ( Soumitra Chatterjee) to allow him to take Sujan out of the house for some time, much to the chagrin of his other uncles (

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and Anindya Banerjee) and aunt (

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). As Arko sees his uncle more closely, he realizes that something very wrong has happened to him and the family is hiding a secret. Finally it has been revealed that uncle Sujan is intersex and the family has always wanted to keep this identity shut from outside world. Uncle Sujan commits suicide at the end and donates his eyes to his abusive younger brother (Anindya Banerjee).

Cast

as Sujan *

as Arko * Soumitra Chatterjee as Akhilesh Chatterjee, Sujan's father * Surangana Bandyopadhyay as Titli, Arko's girlfriend *

as Supriyo, the eldest son *

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as Raai, Eldest daughter-in-law *Anindya Banerjee as Kaushik, the youngest son *

as Piya, youngest daughter-in-law *Sayantani Guhathakurta as Runi, youngest daughter, Arko's mother (deceased) * Siddhartha Roy as Sambit, the psychiatrist

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Samantaral 2017 films Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films