Ganadevata | |
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Directed by | Tarun Majumdar |
Produced by | Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal |
Screenplay by | Tarun Majumdar Rajen Tarafdar Arnab Majumdar (dialogue) |
Based on |
Ganadevata (1942) by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay |
Starring |
Soumitra Chatterjee Ajitesh Bannerjee Samit Bhanja Nilkantha Sengupta Rabi Ghosh Anup Kumar |
Music by | Hemanta Mukherjee |
Cinematography | Shakti Banerjee |
Edited by | Ramesh Joshi |
Release date
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Running time
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172 min. |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Ganadevata (English: The People) is a 1978 Bengali drama film directed by Tarun Majumdar, based on a novel by same name by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay. The film stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Ajitesh Bannerjee, Samit Bhanja, Nilkantha Sengupta, Rabi Ghosh and Anup Kumar in lead roles. The epic novel is set in 1920's during the British Raj, about the breakdown of socio-economic structures, impact of industrialization and non-cooperation movement in rural Bengal . It had also won the writer Bandopadhyay, the 1966 Jnanpith Award.
At the 26th National Film Awards (1978), it won the award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Child Artist Award for Kanchan De Biswas.