''Ullas'' is a
Bengali
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* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
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social
drama film
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directed by Ishwar Chakraborty and produced by Sankar Sarkar. This film was based on three short stories of
Mahasweta Devi namely ''Daur'', ''Mahadu Ekti Rupkatha'' and ''Anno Aranya''.
This movie was released on 29 June 2012 in the banner of R.N.R. Enterprise. Writer Mahasweta Devi acted herself in the film in the role of Basuli goddess.
Plot
Kanna, a young tribal boy appears for the police constable examination at the time of summer and drops dead at the examination venue. Suddenly he comes alive on his journey to the morgue and starts running. The second story revolves with the struggle of Mahadu, a
Korku tribe boy of
Maharashtra
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. He grows to enormous size up to the mark, hunger and energy and destroys all the buildings around
Mumbai
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that were built on the forest land, which is his native place. Anna is the protagonist of the third story. She is a girl of
Lodha tribe of
Medinipur,
West Bengal
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. A rich wood merchant's son sexually exploits her and she becomes pregnant. Anna takes her revenges.
Cast
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Soumitra Chatterjee
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as Dr. Mathai
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Tapas Paul as Annada Goldar
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Satabdi Roy as Sumitra
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Shankar Chakraborty as Mr.Kambli
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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 Dikpal
* Mahasweta Devi as Basuli Goddess
* Sadhana Hazra as Anna
* Dolly Basu as Dipkal's wife
* Amit Das as Kanna
* Shanta Sarkar
* Sandhya Sarkar
External links
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References
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2012 films
2012 drama films
Indian drama films
Films based on short fiction
Bengali-language Indian films
2010s Bengali-language films
Films based on works by Mahasweta Devi