Dahan (1998)
On her way home the newlywed Romita is molested by five men. The only one who has the courage to help is the young female teacher Jhinuk. Because of that she becomes a heroine and is on all papers' front page. But the page is turning: As not only the police but also neighbours begin to ask embarrassing questions the two women are eventually intimidated and the five men are getting free with the help of corruption and male domination.
Director:
Rituparno Ghosh
Writer:
Rituparno Ghosh
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Indrani Haldar as Srobona Sarkar (Jhinuk) |
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Rituparna Sengupta as Romita Chaudhury |
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Abhishek Chatterjee as Polash Chaudhury |
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Sanjib Dasgupta as Tunir Dasgupta |
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Mamata Shankar as Romita's Sister-in-Law |
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Shakuntala Barua as Jhinuk's Mother |
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Pradip Mukherjee as Jhinuk's Father |
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Suchitra Mitra as Jhinuk's Grandmother |
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Shiboprosad Mukherjee as Jhinuk's Brother |
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Aditi Chatterjee as Trina |
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Subhendu Chatterjee as Romita's Father |
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Dibya Bhattacharya as Romita's Father-in-Law |
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Nirmal Kumar Chakrabarti as Government Lawyer |
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Rabi Ranjan Moitra as Gang Leader |
| Art | Surya Chatterjee | Art Direction |
| Editing | Arghyakamal Mitra | Editor |
| Art | Sudeshna Roy | Art Direction |
| Writing | Rituparno Ghosh | Screenplay |
| Production | Vijay Agarwal | Producer |
| Writing | Suchitra Bhattacharya | Novel |
| Production | Kalpana Agarwal | Producer |
| Directing | Rituparno Ghosh | Director |
| Camera | Hari Nair | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Debojyoti Mishra | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Paroma Banerjee | Original Music Composer |