Antarmahal (2005)
In late 19th Century, Bengal Bhubaneswar Chowdhury (Jackie Shroff) is a wealthy and tyrannical Zamidar (Squire). He has two main obsessions: his desperate attempts for an heir, which even his new second wife Jashomati seems unable to deliver; and competing with his regional rivals to produce the most magnificent effigy of a goddess for the annual Durga Puja ceremony. This year he concocts a master plan - why not change the face of the goddess for the most powerful woman on Earth - Queen Victoria. Meantime his two wives Mahomaya and Jashomati try to look out for one another especially as Bhubeneshwar begins to sexually assault his younger wife each night. Traumatised and lonely, Jashomati is dangerously drawn towards the youthful sculptor who has been employed to create the great effigy of Durga, Goddess of destruction.
Director:
Rituparno Ghosh
Writer:
Rituparno Ghosh
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Jackie Shroff as Zamindar Bhubaneshwar Chaudhary |
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Abhishek Bachchan as Brij Bhushan |
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Roopa Ganguly as Zamindar's wife |
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Soha Ali Khan as Zamindar's wife |
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Raima Sen as Rukmini |
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Mrinal Mukherjee as |
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Sumanta Mukherjee as Taracharan |
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Biswajit Chakraborty as Bhattacharya Moshai |
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Ratna Ghoshal as Mangala |
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Dola Chakraborty as Tarini |
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Shibani Bhattacharya as |
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Peter Taylor as |
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Debesh Mukherjee as |
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Arpan Basar as |
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Kameshwar Mishra as Hariya |
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Shantilal Mukherjee as |
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Rimjhim Mitra as |
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Pradip Rai as |
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Joe Winter as |
| Directing | Rituparno Ghosh | Director |
| Sound | Debojyoti Mishra | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Avik Mukhopadhyay | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Arghyakamal Mitra | Editor |
| Art | Indranil Ghosh | Art Direction |
| Art | Sandipan Majumdar | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sharbari Dutta | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sushanta Pal | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Singh | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Azad Ahmed | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Asim Kumar Basu | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rina Mondal | Hair Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shashi Satam | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ashok Sawant | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Rituparno Ghosh | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay | Short Story |