Mahaprithibi

Mahaprithibi (World Within, World Without) is a 1991 Bengali social drama film directed by Mrinal Sen.^[1] The film was released under the banner of G. G. Films and received BFJA Awards in 1992.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot

The film revolves around the global changing social order. An elderly lady of a family committed suicide, and some reasons as to why she committed suicide are revealed. She has three sons and a daughter; her eldest son was involved in the Naxalbari uprising and was killed brutally by the police. Her widowed daughter-in-law had an affair with her other son before their marriage. Soon after the death of his elder brother, the younger one goes to Germany, becomes jobless and returns to Kolkata. The youngest son is unemployed and the only daughter is a mental patient. All these affects the lady and she commits suicide.

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee
Aparna Sen
Victor Bannerjee
Anjan Dutt
Asit Bandopadhyay
Anashua Majumdar
Gita Dey
Chandan Roy
Abhijit Mukhopadhyay
Kumarjit Chattopadhyay
Mukul Chowdhury

References

^ Ghosh, Devarsi (16 March 2018). "Anjan Dutt interview: 'I wish some of my cinema is understood, if not all of it'". scroll.in. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. ISBN 9781135943189. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "Mahaprithibi". indiancine.ma. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^ "Mahaprithibi (1991 - Bengali)". Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[1] Ghosh, Devarsi (16 March 2018). "Anjan Dutt interview: 'I wish some of my cinema is understood, if not all of it'". scroll.in. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

[2] Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. ISBN 9781135943189. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[3] "Mahaprithibi". indiancine.ma. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[4] "Mahaprithibi (1991 - Bengali)". Retrieved 12 October 2018.

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