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Char Adhyay (1997)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 50M

Director : Kumar Shahani

Synopsis

Set in the Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. A group of young intellectuals get embroiled in the struggle for Indian independence, sometimes at the expense of their personal lives.

Actors

Sumanto Chattopadhyay
Sumanto Chattopadhyay
Atindra
Nandini Ghosal
Nandini Ghosal
Ela
Kaushik Gopal
Kaushik Gopal
Indranath
Shiboprosad Mukherjee
Shiboprosad Mukherjee
Rajat Kapoor
Rajat Kapoor
Shruti Yusufi
Shruti Yusufi
Ramchandra Parihar
Ramchandra Parihar

Crews

Kumar Shahani
Kumar Shahani
Director
Vanraj Bhatia
Vanraj Bhatia
Music
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Story
Udayan Vajpeyi
Udayan Vajpeyi
Dialogue
Kumar Shahani
Kumar Shahani
Writer
K.K. Mahajan
K.K. Mahajan
Director of Photography

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