Kahini (transl. The Story) is a Bengali drama film directed by Malay Bhattacharya and produced by Chandramala Bhattacharya. This film was officially released in India on 17 October 1997 under the banner of Movie Mill. It received 43rd National Film Awards for the best debut film of a director.
Plot
Rajat, a painter and a taxi driver, decides to kidnap a child. Before executing the plan a stranger gives him some documents and a half-burnt photo of a child. Rajat starts his journey with the kidnapped child but gets more and more entangled in complex situations. The physical condition of the child becomes worse.
Cast
- Dhritiman Chatterjee as Rajat
- Rabi Ghosh
- Debesh Roy Chowdhury as Taxi driver
- Debashish Goswami
- Neelkantha Sengupta
- Anuradha Ghatak
- Ajoy Acharya
- Sukhlal Baidya
- Soumyamoy Bakshi
- Soumik Bal
- Jayantamohan Bandyopadhyay
- Bishwanath Banerjee
- Indranil Banerjee
References
- "Kahini / Fiction (Forum, Film Festival Berlin 1997)". www.arsenal-berlin.de. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- "Eminent Film Makers and Award Winners Appeal to President to Resolve FTII Crisis". The Wire. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- "Kahini". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- "Kahini". The Times of India. 17 October 1997. Retrieved 31 May 2021.