Ekti Nadir Naam

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Ekti Nadir Naam
Ekti Nadir Naam
	Film poster
Directed by	Anup Singh
Produced by	NFDC, ; British Film Institute, ; Aashirbad Chalachitra, Bangladesh, ; The Ministry of External Affairs, India, ; Riverfilms
Starring	Shiboprosad Mukherjee; Shomi Kaiser; Supriya Devi ; Abhanish Bandopadhyay
Cinematography	K. K. Mahajan
Edited by	Arghyakamal Mitra
Distributed by	British Film Institute
Release date	28 June 2003;
Running time	1:27:34
Countries	India, UK, Bangladesh
Language	Bengali

Ekti Nadir Naam (English: The Name of a River) is a 2003 documentary-style film directed by Anup Singh, exploring the life and work of the great Indian filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak and is set in the partition of Bengal in 1947.^[1]

The film won the Silver Dhow Prize at the 5th Zanzibar International Film Festival.^[2]

Overview

The Name of a River is Anup Singh's debut work^[3] and focuses on a love story between a man and a woman crossing the river between Bangladesh and India - playing the roles of refugees, divine beings and literary and cinematic characters - to understand the mysteries of the events that led to the massacre of half a million people and forced ten million people to migrate across the newly established borders. Covering a huge area of visual, aural and intellectual ground within its 90 minutes, this exquisite film presents its audience with a dreamlike odyssey through a history, a life and a work that we, the viewers, encounter in the shape of stunning landscapes and music, lovers and gods, myths and memories, literature and cinema.^[4]

Filming

The film was shot in India and Bangladesh.

Credits

Cast

Shibu Prasad Mukhopadhyay
Shomi Kaiser
Supriya Choudhury
Abhanish Bandopadhyay
Rosy Afsari
Kabori Sarwar
Gita Dey
Gita Ghatak
Baisakhi Marjit
Pratithi Debi
Meem
Adrita
Rousan Zamil
Tondra Islam
Tamizuddin Rezvi
Kalipod Sen

Crew

Director: Anup Singh
Screenplay: Madan Gopal Singh and Anup Singh
Original Music: Sanjoy Chowdhury
Cinematography: K.K. Mahajan and Prasann Jain
Editor: Arghya Kamal Mitra
Sound Designer: Nihar Samal
Art Director: Chokas Bharadwaj
Costume: Madhuja Mukhopadhyay
Line Producer: Mita Vasisht
Executive Producers: Steve Brookes, P. Parameswaran and Akhand, Sanwar Murshed.
Producer: NFDC, British Film Institute, Aashirbad Chalachitra, Bangladesh, The Ministry of External Affairs, India and Riverfilms.
Distributor: British Film Institute

References

^ "The Name of a River - Anup Singh". Dvdbeaver.com. 18 June 2001. Archived from the original on 21 March 2011. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
^ India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (2002). Report - Government of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. p. 47.
^ "Anup Singh biography". Chaos Mag. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
^ British Film Institute. "The Name of a River | British Film Institute". Bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

External links

The Name Of a River at IMDb

[1] "The Name of a River - Anup Singh". Dvdbeaver.com. 18 June 2001. Archived from the original on 21 March 2011. Retrieved 2012-10-07.

[Broadcasting2002-2] India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (2002). Report - Government of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. p. 47.

[Anup_Singh_biography-3] "Anup Singh biography". Chaos Mag. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

[4] British Film Institute. "The Name of a River | British Film Institute". Bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

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