Aamar Bhuvan

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Aamar Bhuvan
Aamar Bhuvan DVD cover
DVD cover
Directed byMrinal Sen
Written byMrinal Sen, Afsar Amed
Story byBased on Dhanjyotsna by Afsar Amed
StarringNandita Das
Kaushik Sen
Bibhas Chakraborty
Arun Mukherjee
CinematographyAvik Mukhopadhyay
Music byDebojyoti Mishra
Release date
  • 11 October 2002 (2002-10-11)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Aamar Bhuvan is a 2002 Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen. The film depicts a place in India where people live peacefully and love each other despite the hatred and violence that scars the rest of the nation.[1] The film won Mrinal Sen the best director award at the Cairo Film Festival in 2002.[2]

Plot[edit]

The script is based on the novel 'Dhanjyotsna' written by Afsar Amed. After Sakhina and Nur's divorce, Sakhina has remarried Meher; a man who loves her but has difficulty providing for them and their three children. Nur went on to the Middle East and came back a rich man. He has remarried. Nur and Meher are cousins and Nur tries to help Meher (and Sakhina) by giving him work and lending him money. But when he returns Sakhina's prized nose-ring, which he had given her secretly during their marriage and not taken back during the divorce, and which Meher later pawned for some money, Sakhina is insulted and hurt.

Cast[edit]

Awards[edit]

Cairo International film festival[edit]

  • Best director: Mrinal Sen (won)
  • Best actress: Nandita Das (won)
  • Golden pyramid (nominated)[2]

In India[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Aamar Bhuvan, Tale of a Naughty Girl". Times of India. 6 October 2002. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b "'Cairo prize for Amar Bhuvan means a lot'". The Times of India. 30 October 2002. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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