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Komal Gandhar (1961)

A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale

Genre : Drama, Music

Runtime : 2H 14M

Director : Ritwik Kumar Ghatak
Writer : Ritwik Kumar Ghatak

Synopsis

Through the microcosmic perspectivising of a group of devoted and uncompromising IPTA workers, Ghatak with his signature style touches on varied issues of partition, idealism, corruption, the interdependence of art and life, the scope of art, and class-struggle.

Actors

Supriya Choudhury
Supriya Choudhury
Ansuya
Abanish Banerjee
Abanish Banerjee
Bhrigu
Anil Chatterjee
Anil Chatterjee
Rishi
Satindra Bhattacharya
Satindra Bhattacharya
Shibnath
Gita Dey
Gita Dey
Shanta
Gyanesh Mukherjee
Gyanesh Mukherjee
Debu Bose
Bijon Bhattacharya
Bijon Bhattacharya
Gagan
Mantu Ghosh
Mantu Ghosh
Dwiju Bhawal
Dwiju Bhawal
Satyabrata Chattopadhyay
Satyabrata Chattopadhyay
Prabhat
Nirmal Ghosh
Nirmal Ghosh
Arun Mukherjee
Arun Mukherjee
Tilottama Bandyopadhyay
Tilottama Bandyopadhyay
Arun Chowdhury
Arun Chowdhury
Devi Neogy
Devi Neogy
Mohammed Israil
Mohammed Israil
Ketaki Dutta
Ketaki Dutta
Mani Srimani
Mani Srimani
Speaker
Sunil Bhattachaya
Sunil Bhattachaya
Nripen Lahiri
Nripen Lahiri
Sunit Mukherjee
Sunit Mukherjee
Sumita Dasgupta
Sumita Dasgupta
Narayan Dhar
Narayan Dhar
Debabrata Biswas
Debabrata Biswas
Abhi Bhattacharya
Abhi Bhattacharya
Salil Choudhury
Salil Choudhury
Chitra Sen
Chitra Sen

Crews

Ritwik Kumar Ghatak
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak
Director
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak
Screenplay
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak
Producer
Ajit Lahiri
Ajit Lahiri
Producer
Jyotirindra Moitra
Jyotirindra Moitra
Original Music Composer
Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Director of Photography
Ramesh Joshi
Ramesh Joshi
Editor
Ravi Chatterjee
Ravi Chatterjee
Art Direction
Subodh Das
Subodh Das
Set Decoration
Basir Ahmed
Basir Ahmed
Makeup Artist
Manotosh Roy
Manotosh Roy
Makeup Artist
Shailen Ghosh
Shailen Ghosh
Production Manager
Patito Mondal
Patito Mondal
Production Manager
Punu Sen
Punu Sen
Second Unit
Nitai Basu
Nitai Basu
Title Graphics
Suresh Chandra Chandra
Suresh Chandra Chandra
Art Department Assistant
Barju Mohanty
Barju Mohanty
Art Department Assistant
Chhedilal Sharma
Chhedilal Sharma
Art Department Assistant
Debesh Ghosh
Debesh Ghosh
Sound Recordist
Mrinal Guhathakurta
Mrinal Guhathakurta
Sound Recordist
Prabhas Bhattacharya
Prabhas Bhattacharya
Lighting Camera
Govinda Chatterjee
Govinda Chatterjee
Editorial Production Assistant
Sujit Sarkar
Sujit Sarkar
Sound Recordist

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