Celebrating Shabana Azmi
Paar / Paar
Goutam Ghose
Director's bio
Goutam Ghose
Goutam Ghose, born on July 24, 1950, in Kolkata, India, is a renowned Indian film director, actor, music director, and cinematographer who primarily works in Bengali cinema. hose started his career in the early 1970s, making documentaries. His first documentary, "New Earth," was released in 1973, followed by "Hungry Autumn," which earned him international acclaim. Some of his notable films include "Maa Bhoomi" (1980), "Dakhal" (1981), "Paar" (1984), "Antarjali Jatra" (1987), "Padma Nadir Majhi" (1992), "Abar Aranye" (2003), "Moner Manush" (2010), and "Shankhachil" (2016). He is the only Indian to have received the Vittorio De Sica Award in Italy in 1997. In 2012, the Government of West Bengal honored him with the Banga Bibhushan for lifetime achievement. He was also awarded the Knighthood of the Star of the Italian Solidarity in 2006.
Synopsis
When a Dalit wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting forces an impoverished couple to escape to Calcutta where they can hopefully find work. Instead, they end up sleeping on the streets until they have a chance at earning a little income – a man has asked them to take his herd of pigs across a fast-moving river. The current is dangerous, and worse, the wife is pregnant and this would not be an easy task even if she were not. Undaunted and desperate, the couple accept the job and enter the river to face their destiny.
Details of Cast
Naseeruddin Shah as Naurangia Shabana Azmi as Rama Utpal Dutt as Bhola Singh Om Puri as Ram Naresh Anil Chatterjee as Schoolmaster Mohan Agashe as Hari Singh Kamu Mukherjee as Headman Sunil Mukherjee as Chamku
Details of Crew
Cinematography: Goutam Ghose Editing: Prasanta Dey Music: Goutam Ghose Art Direction: Ashoke Bose Costume Design: Neelanjana Ghose Sound: B.N. Tiwari Special Effects: S.A. Azim, M.A. Hafeez
Producer Details
Swapan Sarkar
Writer Details
Goutam Ghose
Stills
Categories
- International Competition (14)
- Homage (4)
- World Cinema (63)
- Country Focus (7)
- Indian Cinema Now (7)
- Kaleidoscope (6)
- Malayalam Cinema Today (12)
- Restored Classics (7)
- Jury Films (5)
- Opening Film (1)
- Spirit of Cinema (1)
- Ann Hui: Chronicler of the Outliers (5)
- The Female Gaze (7)
- Signatures In Motion (3)
- Midnight Cinema (3)
- Festival Favourites (13)
- Viva el Cine: Latin American Films (5)
- Refracted Realities : The Existential Mindscapes of Hong Sang-soo (4)
- Chiaroscuro : Retrospective of Madhu Ambat (4)
- Centennial Tribute (3)
