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Ek Din Pratidin
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Wikipedia article
'Ek Din Pratidin' (English title: "And Quiet Rolls the Dawn") is a 1979 Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen. The film stars Mamata Shankar, Gita Sen and Sreela Majumdar, among others. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
The daughter of an economically middle-class family fails to return home one night. Her family worries, make searches and evolves into a deep crisis, more so because she is the only bread winner in the family. Overcoming the economic and social constraints, the film has a deep underlining of hidden strength.
Cast
* Mamata Shankar as Chinu
* Gita Sen as Chinu's mother
* Sreela Majumdar as Minu
* Kaushik Sen
* Nalini Banerjee
* Arun Mukherjee
* Umanath Bhattacharya
* Biplab Chatterjee
*Satya Bandhyopadhyay
Awards
*National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali
*National Film Award for Best Direction
*National Film Award for Best Editing-Gangadhar Naskar
References
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