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Plot. In September 1980, a film crew comes to a village to make a film about a famine, which killed five million Bangalis in 1943. It was a man-made famine, a side-product of the war, and the film crew will create the tragedy of those millions who died of starvation. The film documents the convivial life among the film crew and the hazards ...
Considered by many to be Mrinal Sen's best film, it is a reminder that crises like the present one affects people vastly differently based on their background.
Mrinal Sen directing Smita Patil. Mrinal Sen explaining a scene to Gita Sen. The house, in a Calcutta suburb, where the film was shot. The actual film crew also stayed in this building, which was mostly vacant. The original brochure for the film. Akaler Shandhaney (1980 - A film by Mrinal Sen) - In Search of a Famine - 7 September, 1980. A film ...
Jan 7, 1981 · In Search of Famine: Directed by Mrinal Sen. With Satya Banerjee, Radhamohan Bhattacharya, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Reba Roy Chowdhury. A film crew comes to a village to make a film about a famine, which killed five million Bengalees in 1943.
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- Drama
- Mrinal Sen
- 1981-01-07
Akaler Sandhane 1981 1h 55m Drama List. Reviews A film crew descends on a small village to recreate the conditions of the 1943 famine in Bengal. Read More Read Less. Cast & Crew ...
- Drama
Akaler Sandhaney is the most ambitious of this genre. The story here too is straightforward, but the numerous disruptions on the soundtrack, the playful effects of several Bengali and Hindi (Smita Patil) actors and Sen regulars playing themselves, and the freeze-frame ending on Durga, is more reminiscent of his late 1970s Calcutta trilogy, more ...
