Ek Din Pratidin

Ek Din Pratidin
Ek Din Pratidin
	Ek Din Pratidin DVD cover
Directed by	Mrinal Sen
Written by	Mrinal Sen (writer); Amalendu Chakraborty (novel)
Starring	Mamata Shankar; Gita Sen; Sreela Majumdar; Satya Bannerjee
Edited by	Gangadhar Naskar
Release date	08/08/1980
Running time	95 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Ek Din Pratidin (English title: "And Quiet Rolls the Dawn") is a 1979 Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen. The film stars Mamata Shankar, Gita Sen and Sreela Majumdar, among others. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

The daughter of an economically middle-class family fails to return home one night. Her family worries, make searches and evolves into a deep crisis, more so because she is the only bread winner in the family. Overcoming the economic and social constraints, the film has a deep underlining of hidden strength.

Cast

Mamata Shankar...Chinu
Gita Sen...Chinu's mother
Sreela Majumdar...Minu
Kaushik Sen
Nalini Banerjee
Arun Mukherjee
Umanath Bhattacharya
Biplab Chatterjee

Awards

National Award (1980)- Best Film in Bengali
National Award (1980)- Best Director
National Award (1980)- Best Editing (Gangadhar Naskar)

References

^ "Festival de Cannes: Ek Din Pratidin". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Ek Din Pratidin at IMDb
A review

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