Desh (film)

Desh
Desh
	Poster of the film
Directed by	Raja Sen
Written by	Animesh Rai Chaudhary & Prafulla Roy
Starring	Jaya Bachchan; Samata Das; Sabyasachi Chakrabarty; Subhendu Chatterjee; Nayna Bandyopadhyay; Gyanesh Mukherjee; Dulal Lahiri; Kaushik Sen; George Baker; Rajesh Sharma; Abhishek Bachchan
Release date	15 March 2002
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Desh (transl. Country) is a 2002 Bengali film directed by Raja Sen.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] The film is based on a story written by Prafulla Roy. It is written against the backdrop of arms trafficking in North Bengal.

Cast[edit]

Jaya Bachchan as Suprabha Chowdhury, formerly a freedom fighter in Indian National Movement
- Samata Das as young Suprabha Chowdhury
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Sanjay Nandi
Subhendu Chatterjee as Pratul Haldar
Nayna Bandyopadhyay as Shila Chatterjee
Gyanesh Mukherjee as Ambika Singh
Monu Mukherjee as Sudhakanta Chatterjee, Shila's father
Dulal Lahiri as Mr. Sharma
Kaushik Sen as Akhil Som, an Indian revolutionary
George Baker as Douglas
Rajesh Sharma as Pulak
Sumit Ganguly as Bolte
Shankar Ghosh
Kalyani Mandal as Shanti
Abhishek Bachchan (Cameo) as Anjan Chowdhury, the son of Suprabha Chowdhury

Notes[edit]

^ Abhishek Bachchan starred with his mother Jaya Bachchan for the first time with this film. Abhishek Bachchan was in Kolkata at made a cameo in the film, but he did not speak in Bengali for the film.^[1]^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Abhishek Bachchan talks working with mom Jaya Bachchan for first time". 12 June 2020.
^ Bollywood: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Star Publications. 2006. ISBN 9781905863013.
^ "Raja Sen gets experimental?". The Times of India. 11 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
^ "Abhishek Bachchan: Lesser known facts". The Times of India.
^ "Desh | দেশ | Award Winning Bengali Movie | Bengali Full Movie - Movies on Google Play".
^ "Watch Desh | Prime Video". Amazon.

External links[edit]

Desh at IMDb

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[3] Abhishek Bachchan starred with his mother Jaya Bachchan for the first time with this film. Abhishek Bachchan was in Kolkata at made a cameo in the film, but he did not speak in Bengali for the film.^[1]^[2]

[1] "Abhishek Bachchan talks working with mom Jaya Bachchan for first time". 12 June 2020.

[2] Bollywood: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Star Publications. 2006. ISBN 9781905863013.

[4] "Raja Sen gets experimental?". The Times of India. 11 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

[5] "Abhishek Bachchan: Lesser known facts". The Times of India.

[6] "Desh | দেশ | Award Winning Bengali Movie | Bengali Full Movie - Movies on Google Play".

[7] "Watch Desh | Prime Video". Amazon.

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