Utsab

Utsab
DVD cover of the film.
Directed by	Rituparno Ghosh
Produced by	Tapan Biswas
Written by	Rituparno Ghosh
Starring	Madhabi Mukherjee Mamata Shankar Prasenjit Chatterjee Rituparna Sengupta Pradip Mukherjee Deepankar De Arpita Pal
Music by	Debajyoti Mishra
Cinematography	Abhik Mukhopadhyay
Edited by	Arghya Kamal Mitra
Distributed by	Cinemawalla
Release dates	23 March 2000
Running time	119 minutes
Language	Bengali

Utsab (pronounced: Utshob) (The Festival) (2000) is an Indian Bengali drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh and stars Madhabi Mukherjee, Mamata Shankar, Rituparna Sengupta, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Pradip Mukherjee, Deepankar De and Arpita Pal. The film focus on the various emotional currents passing among family and relatives underneath the supposedly festive occasion of Durga Puja.

Plot

This is a family thriller drama which is portrayed on a background of Durgapuja, West Bengal's biggest "Utshob" (Festival). The story is about a cultured Bengali family, different members of which have gathered in native house on the occasion of Durga puja. Bhagbati (Madhabi Mukherjee) has four children; two sons Asit (Pradip Mukherjee),Nishit (Bodhisattva Mazumdar) and two daughters Parul (Mamata Shankar)and Keya (Rituparna Sengupta). It is the festival time and all the children’s are at the main house to celebrate the festival. Meanwhile, Shishir (Deepankar De) a relative who is also a big real estate agent is interested in buying the house. Most of the family members want to sell the house. None of the sisters are looking forward to the family reunion as they all are more concerned about their own problems. Furthermore like any large family, every member of the family has his own personal past, skeletons and demons to confront.

Cast

Madhabi Mukherjee as Bhagabati
Mamata Shankar as Parul
Rituparna Sengupta as Keya
Prasenjit Chatterjee as Arun
Arpita Pal as Shompa
Pradip Mukherjee as Asit
Bodhisattva Mazumdar as Nishit

Awards

National Film Awards (India)

Won - Golden Lotus Award - Best Director - Rituparno Ghosh ^[1]

References

↑ "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

External links

Utsab at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Rituparno Ghosh

Hirer Angti (1992)
Unishe April (1994)
Dahan (1997)
Bariwali (1999)
Asukh (1999)
Utsab (2000)
Titli (2002)
Shubho Mahurat (2003)
Chokher Bali (2003)
Raincoat (2004)
Antar Mahal (2005)
Dosar (2006)
The Last Lear (2008)
Khela (2008)
Shob Charitro Kalponik (2009)
Abohoman (2010)
Sunglass (2010)
Noukadubi (2011)
Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish (2012)
Satyanweshi (2013)

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