Kharij

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Kharij is a critically acclaimed 1982 Bengali film by director Mrinal Sen that explores class conflict and urban middle-class guilt through the death of a child servant.

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instanceOf Bengali-language film
film
awardReceived Jury Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali
National Film Award – Second Best Feature Film
basedOn novel by Ramapada Chowdhury
cinematographyBy K. K. Mahajan
countryOfOrigin India
director Mrinal Sen
editedBy Gangadhar Naskar
featuresCharacter child servant
middle-class urban couple
genre drama film
hasDirectorStyle social realism
hasFilmRating critically acclaimed
hasTitleMeaning The title can be translated as "The Case is Closed" or "Dismissed" in English.
mainTheme child labor
class conflict
domestic servitude
urban middle-class guilt
musicBy B. V. Karanth
notableFor depiction of middle-class moral responsibility
portrayal of class relations in urban India
originalLanguage Bengali
partOf Indian parallel cinema
plotSummary A child servant dies in his employers’ home, exposing middle-class guilt and social hypocrisy.
producer Mrinal Sen
publicationDate 1982
releaseDecade 1980s
screenedAt 1983 Cannes Film Festival
screenwriter Mrinal Sen
setInPeriod contemporary early 1980s urban India
stars Anjan Dutt
Debapratim Dasgupta
Mamata Shankar
Sreela Majumdar

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Mrinal Sen notableWork Kharij