''Prohor'' is a 2002

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feature film directed by Subhadro Chowdhury. The film is based on Dulendra Bhowmick's short story ''Dash Number Bed''. The cinematographer of the film was Amlan Dutta. It revolves around a nurse who, in one night, discovers that there is a patient in her hospital, who once raped her brutally. It stars

Debashree Roy Debashree Roy (born 8 August 1962), also known as Debasree Roy, is an Indian actress, dancer, choreographer, politician and animal rights activist. As an actress, she is known for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema. She has been cited as the ...

in the central character. The film was edited by Saurav Sharangi and the background score was composed by Chiradeep Dasgupta. The film was critically appreciated and has often been considered as the best of Debashree Roy. Indian film historian S. Theodore Bhaskaran listed this film into his choice of ten best Indian films. Several film critics have considered this film stodgy and unwieldy. It bagged

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in 2002. It was released in some limited halls in 2002.

Synopsis

Nandita who is a nurse by her profession encounters an emergent case of a bomb blast. The patient is a bomb blast victim and a criminal under police protection.

Cast

as Nandita *

Alokananda Roy Alokananda Roy is an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali cinema and theatre. She made her thespian debut at the age of seven in the 1951 and later on became part of numerous Bengali plays. She made her screen debut with Satyajit Ray's ...

as Nandita's mother *

Barun Chanda Barun Chanda is an Indian Bengali advertising professional, actor and author based in the city of Kolkata. He is mostly remembered for his role in Satyajit Ray's '' Seemabaddha''. Biography Chanda was born in Dhaka in present day Bangladesh, ...

as Doctor Sengupta *

Shilajit Shilajit ( sa, शिलाजीत in Urdu "Conqueror of mountains, Conqueror of the Rocks, Destroyer of Weakness") or Mumijo is a blackish-brown powder or an exudate from high mountain rocks, often found in the Himalayas, Karakoram, Gilgit ...

as Sarit *

Chaiti Ghoshal Chaiti Ghoshal is a Bengali film and television actress. Filmography Television * Ek Akasher Niche * Jamai Raja * Tomay Amay Mile * Arakshaniya * Mohona * Bouma Ekghor See also * Manasi Sinha * Laboni Sarkar Laboni Sarkar is a ...

as Seema *

Rajatava Dutta Rajatava Dutta (Bengali: রজতাভ দত্ত; born 11 August 1967) is an Indian actor who appears in Bengali, Hindi and English films. He is often regarded as one of the most celebrated and respected Bengali actors of his generation. O ...

as Biltu * Manjushree Ganguly as Tuku * Ritwik

Awards

References

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* Bengali-language Indian films Best Debut Feature Film of a Director National Film Award winners 2000s Bengali-language films 2004 films Films scored by Indradeep Dasgupta {{2000s-Bengali-film-stub