Kahini (transl. The Story) is a Bengali drama film directed by Malay Bhattacharya and produced by Chandramala Bhattacharya.[1][2] This film was officially released in India on 17 October 1997 under the banner of Movie Mill.[3] It received 43rd National Film Awards for the best debut film of a director.[4]

Plot

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Rajat, a painter and a taxi driver, decides to kidnap a child. Before executing the plan a stranger gives him some documents and a half-burnt photo of a child. Rajat starts his journey with the kidnapped child but gets more and more entangled in complex situations. The physical condition of the child becomes worse.

Cast

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  • Dhritiman Chatterjee as Rajat
  • Rabi Ghosh
  • Debesh Roy Chowdhury as Taxi driver
  • Debashish Goswami
  • Neelkantha Sengupta
  • Anuradha Ghatak
  • Ajoy Acharya
  • Sukhlal Baidya
  • Soumyamoy Bakshi
  • Soumik Bal
  • Jayantamohan Bandyopadhyay
  • Bishwanath Banerjee
  • Indranil Banerjee

References

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  1. ^ "Kahini / Fiction (Forum, Film Festival Berlin 1997)". www.arsenal-berlin.de. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Eminent Film Makers and Award Winners Appeal to President to Resolve FTII Crisis". The Wire. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Kahini". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Kahini". The Times of India. 17 October 1997. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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