Dahan (film)

Dahan (Crossfire) (1997) is an Indian Bengali feature film directed by Rituparno Ghosh. The film is based on Suchitra Bhattacharya's story of the same name.

Cast

• Indrani Halder as Srobona Sarkar,Jhinuk
• Abhishek Chatterjee as Polash Chaudhury
• Rituparna Sengupta as Romita Chaudhury
• Suchitra Mitra as Jhinuk's thammi
• Subhendu Chatterjee as Romita's father
• Mamata Shankar as Romita's sister-in-law

Plot

A newly wed couple Romita (Rituparna Sengupta) and Palash (Abhishek Chatterjee) were attacked on the open road. The goons molested Romita, but nobody came forward to help. However, one lone schoolteacher, Jhinuk (Indrani Halder), rushed to the spot to help. She was later hailed a heroine by the press. Palash,one day due to misunderstanding in a feat of rage ended up raping his wife

Jhinuk was determined to punish the assailants, and helped police. However, the experience of Jhinuk turned out to be a frustrating experience for her when the victim's family turned away

Awards

Rituparna Sengupta and Indrani Halder shared the National Film Award for Best Actress in 1998 for the film. Ghosh won National Film Award for Best Screenplay.

References

• DVD Review, The Telegraph, 22 April 2005.
• ‘I have learnt to make theplas ’, The Times of India, 13 April 2008.
• Shifting from the Bengali milieu, The Hindu, 24 December 2004.

External links

• Dahan at IMDb