Bhuvan Shome
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Bhuvan Shome is a landmark 1969 Indian film by Mrinal Sen, widely credited with helping launch the New Indian Cinema movement through its innovative, low-budget, and realist storytelling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bhuvan Shome canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bhuvan Shome Context triple: [Bengali cinema, hasNotableFilm, Bhuvan Shome]
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A.
Amar Lahiri
Amar Lahiri is the father of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa Lahiri and a key figure in her Bengali-Indian immigrant family background.
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B.
Manik Bandopadhyay
Manik Bandopadhyay was a prominent 20th-century Bengali novelist and short story writer known for his stark, realistic portrayals of rural and urban life and his pioneering role in modern Bengali fiction.
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C.
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Sunil Gangopadhyay was a prominent Indian Bengali poet, novelist, and short story writer known for his influential contributions to modern Bengali literature and his role in the Hungry generation literary movement.
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D.
Goutam Ghose
Goutam Ghose is an acclaimed Indian filmmaker and cinematographer known for his socially conscious and visually poetic works in Bengali and parallel cinema.
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E.
Manmath Nath Gupta
Manmath Nath Gupta was an Indian revolutionary and writer who participated in the armed struggle against British colonial rule as a prominent member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bhuvan Shome Target entity description: Bhuvan Shome is a landmark 1969 Indian film by Mrinal Sen, widely credited with helping launch the New Indian Cinema movement through its innovative, low-budget, and realist storytelling.
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A.
Amar Lahiri
Amar Lahiri is the father of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa Lahiri and a key figure in her Bengali-Indian immigrant family background.
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B.
Manik Bandopadhyay
Manik Bandopadhyay was a prominent 20th-century Bengali novelist and short story writer known for his stark, realistic portrayals of rural and urban life and his pioneering role in modern Bengali fiction.
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C.
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Sunil Gangopadhyay was a prominent Indian Bengali poet, novelist, and short story writer known for his influential contributions to modern Bengali literature and his role in the Hungry generation literary movement.
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D.
Goutam Ghose
Goutam Ghose is an acclaimed Indian filmmaker and cinematographer known for his socially conscious and visually poetic works in Bengali and parallel cinema.
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E.
Manmath Nath Gupta
Manmath Nath Gupta was an Indian revolutionary and writer who participated in the armed struggle against British colonial rule as a prominent member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ feature film ⓘ |
| awarded |
National Film Award for Best Actor
ⓘ
National Film Award for Best Direction ⓘ
surface form:
National Film Award for Best Director
National Film Award for Best Feature Film ⓘ |
| basedOn | short story by Banaphool ⓘ |
| cinematicMovement |
Indian parallel cinema
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian New Wave
|
| cinematographyBy | K. K. Mahajan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Mrinal Sen ⓘ |
| distributor |
National Film Development Corporation of India
ⓘ
surface form:
Film Finance Corporation of India
|
| editedBy | Dipa Sen ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| hasGenre | comedy-drama ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | credited with helping launch New Indian Cinema movement ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Indian parallel cinema
ⓘ
subsequent low-budget Indian art films ⓘ |
| isConsidered | landmark of Indian parallel cinema ⓘ |
| knownFor |
innovative storytelling
ⓘ
low-budget production ⓘ realist narrative style ⓘ |
| leadCharacterName | Bhuvan Shome self-link ⓘ |
| movement |
Art cinema (India)
ⓘ
surface form:
New Indian Cinema
|
| musicBy | Satyajit Ray ⓘ |
| narrationBy | Amitabh Bachchan ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Hindi ⓘ |
| plotFocus | transformation of a strict bureaucrat ⓘ |
| producer |
National Film Development Corporation of India
ⓘ
surface form:
Film Finance Corporation of India
|
| releaseYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Mrinal Sen ⓘ |
| setting | rural Gujarat ⓘ |
| stars |
Suhasini Mulay
ⓘ
Utpal Dutt ⓘ |
| theme |
bureaucracy and power
ⓘ
humanism in everyday life ⓘ personal transformation ⓘ urban-rural contrast ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post-independence India ⓘ |
| usesStyle |
documentary-like realism
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experimentation with sound and editing ⓘ |
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