Drama · India · 1998 · 2h 25m

Dahan

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Director

Cast

Indrani Haldar as Srobona Sarkar (Jhinuk) Rituparna Sengupta as Romita Chaudhury Abhishek Chatterjee as Polash Chaudhury Sanjib Dasgupta as Tunir Dasgupta Mamata Shankar as Romita's Sister-in-Law Shakuntala Barua as Jhinuk's Mother

Crew

Hari Nair — Director of Photography Arghyakamal Mitra — Editor Debojyoti Mishra — Original Music Composer Paroma Banerjee — Original Music Composer Rituparno Ghosh — Screenplay Suchitra Bhattacharya — Novel

Synopsis

On her way home the newlywed Romita is molested by five men. The only one who has the courage to help is the young female teacher Jhinuk. Because of that she becomes a heroine and is on all papers' front page. But the page is turning: As not only the police but also neighbours begin to ask embarrassing questions the two women are eventually intimidated and the five men are getting free with the help of corruption and male domination.

Key Collaborators

Rituparno Ghosh Director Hari Nair Director of Photography Arghyakamal Mitra Editor Debojyoti Mishra Original Music Composer Paroma Banerjee Original Music Composer Rituparno Ghosh Screenplay Suchitra Bhattacharya Novel Kalpana Agarwal Producer Vijay Agarwal Producer

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