Postmaster is a 2016 Bengali film based on Rabindranath Tagore's 1891 short story of the same name, directed and written by Srijon Bardhan, produced by Sri Media. The motion picture had its premiere on 7 December 2015 at the 4th Delhi International Film Festival,[1] later being released commercially on 24 June 2016[2] at Star Theatres, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The film was also selected at the 14th Chennai International Film Festival, in 2017.[3]

Postmaster
Written bySrijon Bardhan
Story bySrijon Bardhan
Rabindranath Tagore
Produced byPradip Kumar Bardhan
CinematographyRana Dasgupta
Edited byUjjal Nandi
Music bySrijon Bardhan
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Cast

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  • Ishan Mazumdar
  • Pujarini Ghosh
  • Biswajit Chakraborty
  • Tulika Basu
  • Mousumi Saha
  • Kalyan Chatterjee
  • Bodhiswatya Mazumdar
  • Biplab Chatterjee
  • Rohan Bhattacharya

Plot

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Young spirited Nanda Sen leaves his city home of old Calcutta and luxury of urban life to join as the village Postmaster of Plassey where his life was comforted with the service and company of orphan low-caste housemaid Ratna and his only friend there- school teacher Rabibabu. Ratna's charm appealed to him and Nanda married her against society and family. Succumbed to his father's last wish to marry a suitable match, Nanda landed in a crisis and escaped his desired family life. Nanda couldn't overcome this sin and finds solace in the next life.[4]

Music

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Record Label: Times Music.

Title Singer(s) Composition Lyrics Music Director
"O Rongila Nayia" Dibakar Das Baul Folk Folk Srijon Bardhan
"Aamay Jodi Mon Debe" Anweshaa Datta Gupta, Samantak Sinha Srijon Bardhan Rabindranath Tagore
"Tomaye Gaan Sonabo" Anweshaa Datta Gupta Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore
"Aye Bodhu Aye" Anweshaa Datta Gupta, Trisha Parui, Debalina Bhattacharya, Sangita Chakraborty Srijon Bardhan Srijon Bardhan
"Dui Hridoyer Nodi" Trisha Parui, Joy Bhattacharya Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore
"Kheyar Tori" Malabika Brahma, Srijon Bardhan Srijon Bardhan Srijon Bardhan
"Pakhi Kokhun Urey Jaye" Srijon Bardhan Lalon Fakir Lalon Fakir

References

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  1. ^ "Film Preview: Srijon Bardhan's Bangla Movie "Postmaster" Selected for Delhi Film Festival with Rajkahini and Teenkahon". WBRi Washington Bangla Radio USA. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Narayan, Hari (20 June 2016). "Re-imagining Tagore's 'Postmaster'".
  3. ^ "Tagore's Postmaster revisited in a Bengali film at Chennai festival". 9 January 2017.
  4. ^ Postmaster (2016), retrieved 24 November 2017
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