Homage
The Eye / Chokh
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 14th December
- 6.15 pm
- new 3
Utpalendu Chakrabarty
Director's bio
Utpalendu Chakrabarty
Utpalendu Chakrabarty was a filmmaker based in Kolkata. Although he started out as a teacher, his passion was cinema. He made several documentaries and films. His major works as a director include Prasab, Chandaneer, Phaansi, Debshishu, Chokh and Maina Tadanta. Besides these, he has already worked widely as a Television producer and documentary maker. He also wrote the screenplay and story of Chokh in 1983, for which he also composed music. In 1995, he worked on Chhaturtha Panipather Juddha as a music director. He has won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 28th National Film Awards in 1980 for Maina Tadanta, the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and Direction at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh, the Berlin International Film Festival OCIC Award in 1983 for Chokh and the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film at the 32nd National Film Awards in 1984 for Music of Satyajit Ray.
Synopsis
Jadunath, a labor union leader, is sentenced to death for the murder of the owner’s brother and another worker, even though he never committed them. Before dying, he pledges his eyes for donation. The mill owner tries to maneuver the medical system to get both his eyes for his blind son. Meanwhile, the doctor discovers that the donation papers provided by Jethia are fake. Soon, the mill workers unite behind the widow of Jadunath and hold a protest rally against the injustice.
Details of Cast
Om Puri, Anil Chatterjee, Shyamanand Jalan, Sreela Majumdar
Details of Crew
DoP Shakti Banerjee, Editor Bulu Ghosh, Music Utpalendu Chakrabarty
Producer Details
Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Govt. of West Bengal
Writer Details
Utpalendu Chakrabarty
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- Chiaroscuro : Retrospective of Madhu Ambat (4)
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