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Alo (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Alo' is a 2003 Bengali family drama film directed by Tarun Majumder and starring Rituparna Sengupta. The story is based on a short story 'Kinnardal' by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. It was shown in Bengal cinemas for eight months and broke several box office records.
The film was nominated for a National Award in the category "Best Film Providing Wholesome Family Entertainment".
Plot
'Alo' is an educated Kolkata based woman come to her husband's ancestral village after marriage. Her husband Shuvo is a teacher who works in Kolkata. Alo starts living with the poverty stricken villagers. Alo enlightens their lifestyle, morally as well as culturally. She becomes an idol of adoration. She dies while giving birth to her daughter but literally stands up to the meaning of her name Alo, means light or ray of hope.
Cast
* Rituparna Sengupta as Alo Chowdhury
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* Kunal Mitra as Shubhankar Chatterjee aka Subho (Professor)
* Bhaswar Chatterjee as Himu (Subho's younger brother)
* Abhishek Chatterjee as Binod Gupta aka Binu da (Alo's brother-in-law)
* Nayana Das as Meera aka Ranga di (Alo's elder sister/Binu's wife)
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* Soumili Biswas as Roma (Alo's sister)
* Basanti Chatterjee as No-khurima
* Manasi Sinha
* Bharati Devi
* Rita Dutta Chakraborty as Sodu
* Pushpita Mukherjee as Renu
* Maitryee Mitra as Shantilata aka Shanti
Awards
The film was nominated for a National Award in the category "Best Film Providing Wholesome Family Entertainment". In 2004 Most Outstanding Work of the Year for Alo for BFJA Award and Anandalok Puraska for Best Film category for Alo
References
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