Shankhachil (2016)
Free as a bird. To wander. To nestle. To take flight. We are not. As India gained its much awaited independence in 1947, a race faced another struggle. Bengal was divided and hundreds of thousands of Bengalis were displaced and divided on the basis of their religion. The Hindus were forced out as East Bengal was made a part of Pakistan and the same fate lay in store for the Muslims of West Bengal. Millions became refugees in their own homeland, and thousands still bear the cross and the scar. The film is a human saga of a truncated land and how people are trying to relive their destiny.
Director: Goutam Ghose
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Prosenjit Chatterjee as Muntasir Chowdhury Badal |
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Kusum Sikder as Laila |
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Mamunur Rashid as |
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Dipankar Dey as |
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Prabir Mitra as |
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Nakul Vaid as |
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Arindam Sil as |
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Ushasie Chakraborty as |
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Rosey Siddiqui as |
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Priyanshu Chatterjee as |
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Shajbati Rahman Khan as Rupsha |
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Shahed Ali as |
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Rajesh Shinde as |
| Directing | Goutam Ghose | Director |
| Editing | Baishali Dasgupta Bhowmick | Editor |
| Art | Indranil Ghosh | Art Direction |
| Production | Prosenjit Chatterjee | Producer |
| Editing | Niladri Roy | Editor |
| Production | Habibur Rahman Khan | Producer |
| Sound | Goutam Ghose | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ishaan Ghose | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Goutam Ghose | Original Story |
| Writing | Sayantani Putatunda | Novel |
| Writing | Rabindranath Tagore | Lyricist |
| Sound | Rabindranath Tagore | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Kazi Nazrul Islam | Lyricist |
| Sound | Kazi Nazrul Islam | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Mukunda Das | Lyricist |
| Writing | Jibanananda Das | Lyricist |
| Writing | Rajanikanta Sen | Lyricist |
| Sound | Rajanikanta Sen | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Arindam Banerjee | Original Music Composer |