Utsab
Utsab[lower-alpha 1] (lit. 'Festival') is a 2000 Bengali-language drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh and stars Madhabi Mukherjee, Mamata Shankar, Rituparna Sengupta, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Pradip Mukherjee, Deepankar De and Arpita Pal. The film focuses on the various emotional currents passing among family and relatives underneath the supposedly festive occasion of Durga Puja.
| Utsab | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover of the film. | |
| Directed by | Rituparno Ghosh |
| Written by | Rituparno Ghosh |
| Produced by | Tapan Biswas |
| Starring | Madhabi Mukherjee Mamata Shankar Prasenjit Chatterjee Rituparna Sengupta Pradip Mukherjee Deepankar De Arpita Pal |
| Cinematography | Abhik Mukhopadhyay |
| Edited by | Arghyakamal Mitra |
| Music by | Debajyoti Mishra |
| Distributed by | Cinemawalla |
Release date | 23 March 2000 |
Running time | 119 minutes |
| Language | Bengali |
Plot
This is a family drama which is portrayed on a background of Durgapuja, West Bengal's biggest "Utshob" (Festival). The story is about a cultured Bengali family, different members of which have gathered in native house on the occasion of Durga puja. Bhagabati (Madhabi Mukherjee) has four children: two sons Asit (Pradip Mukherjee) and Nishith (Bodhisattva Mazumdar) and two daughters Parul (Mamata Shankar) and Keya (Rituparna Sengupta). It is the festival time and all the children are at the main house to celebrate the festival. Meanwhile, Shishir, (Deepankar De) a relative who is also a big real estate agent, is interested in buying the house. Most of the family members want to sell the house. The old and traditional house is not a place for everyone's interest and they have individual problems to solve with money. None of the sisters are looking forward to the family reunion as they all are more concerned about their own problems.
Cast
- Madhabi Mukherjee as Bhagabati.
- Pradip Mukherjee as Asit, Bhagabati's elder son.
- Alokananda Roy as Bonani, Asit's wife.
- Arpita Pal as Shompa, Asit's daughter.
- Bodhisattva Mazumdar as Nishith, Bhagabati's younger son.
- Anuradha Roy (actress) as Monica, Nishith's wife.
- Vinit Ranjan Maitra as Bumba, Nishith's son.
- Mamata Shankar as Parul, Bhagabati's elder daughter.
- Ratul Shankar as Joy, Parul's son.
- Rituparna Sengupta as Keya, Bhagabati's younger daughter.
- Prosenjit Chatterjee as Arun, Keya's husband.
- Deepankar De as Shishir.
References
- "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
Notes
- Pronounced as 'Utshob'.