Atanka
Appearance
Atanka | |
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Directed by | Tapan Sinha |
Written by | Tapan Sinha |
Screenplay by | Tapan Sinha |
Story by | Tapan Sinha |
Produced by | Charu Chitra |
Starring | Soumitra Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee Satabdi Roy Anil Chatterjee Nirmal Kumar |
Edited by | Subodh Roy |
Music by | Tapan Sinha |
Distributed by | New Theatres No.1 Studios |
Release date |
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Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Atanka is a 1986 Indian Bengali language political crime thriller film directed by Tapan Sinha.[1][2][3] The film stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee, and Satabdi Roy in her debut film.[4][5][6][7][8][9] The film was known for its dark-tone and outstanding performances of the cast. The film ran for around 90 consecutive days at Mitra cinemas, west Bengal. The film was both critically and commercially successful and won 7 awards, and got an official entry at the Indian Panorama Section.
Plot
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The story revolves around a school master who witnesses a murder by his students, but the students threaten him not to speak a word, but he goes beyond the line and courageously punishes the students by the help of the law.
Cast
[edit]- Soumitra Chatterjee
- Prosenjit Chatterjee
- Satabdi Roy
- Nirmal Kumar
- Manoj Mitra
- Anil Chatterjee
- Sumanta Mukherjee
- Bhishma Guhathakurta
References
[edit]- ^ https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/tapan-sinha-one-of-indias-finest-filmmakers-but-often-overshadowed-by-ray-and-ghatak/349241/
- ^ "Posto to Atanka: Soumitra Chatterjee's best 'Non- Satyajit Ray' films". Asianet. 15 November 2020.
- ^ https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/marquee/ahead-of-its-time-1502652117.html
- ^ Nag, Amitava (31 January 2020). 16 Frames. Doshor Publication. ISBN 978-81-944429-0-5.
- ^ "'Sanyasi Raja' - 5 all-time great Bengali movies inspired by real-life incidents". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ Ghosh, Suman (7 January 2022). Soumitra Chatterjee : A Film - Maker Remembers. Om Books International. ISBN 978-93-92834-17-2.
- ^ Mukerji, Victoria Maya (1994). Bengali Film Practitioners: Art, Intellectualism and Morality. University of California at Berkeley.
- ^ Dasgupta, Sanjukta; Sinha, Dipankar; Chakravarti, Sudeshna (7 December 2011). Media, Gender, and Popular Culture in India: Tracking Change and Continuity. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 978-81-321-1904-3.
- ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9.
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