Dahan

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Dahan is a critically acclaimed Bengali film directed by Rituparno Ghosh that explores themes of gender, social hypocrisy, and moral courage.

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instanceOf Bengali-language film
film
awardReceived National Film Award for Best Actress
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali
National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Acting)
awardReceivedBy Indrani Haldar
Rituparna Sengupta
basedOn Suchitra Bhattacharya
novel "Dahan"
cinematographyBy V. Probhakar
countryOfOrigin India
countryOfRelease India
criticalReception critically acclaimed
director Rituparno Ghosh
distributor Anupam Kher Productions
editedBy Arghyakamal Mitra
filmingLocation Kolkata
linked to: Calcutta
genre drama film
social drama
hasType art film
parallel cinema
mainTheme gender
moral courage
social hypocrisy
musicBy Debojyoti Mishra
narrativeFocus two women connected by a molestation incident
notableFor exploration of moral responsibility of bystanders
realistic portrayal of urban middle-class Bengali society
strong female protagonists
originalLanguage Bengali
partOf filmography of Rituparno Ghosh
portrays legal struggle of assault survivors
media sensationalism
sexual harassment in public spaces
social stigma faced by women
producer Anupam Kher
productionCompany Anupam Kher Productions
releaseYear 1997
runtimeMinutes approx. 128
screenwriter Rituparno Ghosh
setInPeriod contemporary India
starredActor Abhishek Chatterjee
Indrani Haldar
Madhabi Mukherjee
Rituparna Sengupta
Soma Banerjee
Subhendu Chatterjee

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