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Quest for the Pitcher of Nectar (1982)

Genre :

Runtime : 2H 10M

Director : Dilip Roy
Writer : Dilip Roy

Synopsis

The film documents one of the largest Indian religious fairs, the Kumbh Mela, which is held at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati. The action is seen through the eyes of Shubhendu Chatterjee who has come to the Mela not out of any religious sentiment but to see and understand people and seek the reason why “….multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining.” (Mark Twain after visiting the 1895 Mela)

Actors

Aparna Sen
Aparna Sen
Subhendu Chatterjee
Subhendu Chatterjee
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Bhanu Bannerjee
Bhanu Bannerjee
Sumitra Mukherjee
Sumitra Mukherjee
Samit Bhanja
Samit Bhanja
Lily Chakravarty
Lily Chakravarty
Gita Dey
Gita Dey
Rabi Ghosh
Rabi Ghosh
Chinmoy Roy
Chinmoy Roy
Mahua Roy Chowdhury
Mahua Roy Chowdhury
Dipankar Dey
Dipankar Dey
Anup Kumar
Anup Kumar
Biplab Chatterjee
Biplab Chatterjee
Mrinal Mukherjee
Mrinal Mukherjee
Shailen Mukherjee
Shailen Mukherjee
Sunil Mukherjee
Sunil Mukherjee
Santu Mukherjee
Santu Mukherjee
Shaymali Chakraborty
Shaymali Chakraborty
Premangshu Bose
Premangshu Bose
Shiben Bandyopadhyay
Shiben Bandyopadhyay
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
Balai Mukhopadhyay
Balai Mukhopadhyay

Crews

Dilip Roy
Dilip Roy
Director
Dilip Roy
Dilip Roy
Screenplay
Girish Padhiar
Girish Padhiar
Cinematography
Kalkut (Samaresh Basu)
Kalkut (Samaresh Basu)
Story
Sudhin Dasgupta
Sudhin Dasgupta
Sound
Sudhin Dasgupta
Sudhin Dasgupta
Lyricist
Arundhati Hom Choudhury
Arundhati Hom Choudhury
Playback Singer
Amar Pal
Amar Pal
Playback Singer
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Playback Singer
Tulsidas
Tulsidas
Lyricist

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