Ek Din Pratidin (English title: "And Quiet Rolls the Dawn") is a 1979 Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen, who also wrote the screenplay based on an Amalendu Chakraborty novel. The film stars Mamata Shankar, Gita Sen and Sreela Majumdar, among others. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Ek Din Pratidin | |
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Directed by | Mrinal Sen |
Written by | Mrinal Sen (writer) Amalendu Chakraborty (novel) |
Starring | Mamata Shankar Gita Sen Sreela Majumdar Satya Bandhyopadhyay |
Edited by | Gangadhar Naskar |
Release date | 08/08/1980 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Plot edit
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 edit
- Mamata Shankar as Chinu
- Gita Sen as Chinu's mother
- Sreela Majumdar as Minu
- Kaushik Sen
- Nalini Banerjee
- Arun Mukherjee
- Umanath Bhattacharya
- Biplab Chatterjee
- Satya Bandhyopadhyay
Awards edit
References edit
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Ek Din Pratidin". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
External links edit
- Ek Din Pratidin at IMDb
- A review Archived 24 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine