Chokher Bali (film)
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| Directed by | Rituparno Ghosh |
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Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni |
| Written by | Rituparno Ghosh |
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Chokher Bali by Rabindranath Tagore |
| Starring |
Aishwarya Rai Prasenjit Chatterjee Raima Sen Tota Roy Chowdhury |
| Music by | Debojyoti Mishra |
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167 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | ₹ 2 crore |
Chokher Bali ( Bengali: চোখের বালি; literally translated to "sand in the eye", figuratively to "constant irritant") is a Bengali drama film based on the novel Chokher Bali by Rabindranath Tagore. It was directed by Rituparno Ghosh in 2003 and stars Aishwarya Rai as Binodini, Prasenjit as Mahendra, and Raima Sen as Ashalata. Ashalata and Binodini refer to each other as Chokher Bali. The other major characters are played by Lily Chakravarty (as Rajlakshmi, Mahendra's mother) and Tota Roy Chowdhury (as Behari, Rajlakshmi's adopted son). The film was later dubbed into Hindi and was released internationally in that language.
Upon release, Chokher Bali met with positive critical and box office reception.
Chokher Bali won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali and was nominated for the Golden Leopard (Best Film) award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2003. The film screened at the 34th International Film Festival of India on 19 October. It was the Official Selection at the Chicago International Film Festival in 2003 and was showcased in over 25 international festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, London Film Festival, Palm Springs, Karlovy Vary and Washington DC International Film Festival besides winning the Apsara Film Producers' Award for the Best Regional Film 2004. Aishwarya Rai had won the Best Actress award at the Anandalok Awards 2003.
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