Khandhar
7.8 /10 1 Votes
86% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Drama Release date June 8, 1984 (India) | 6.9/10 IMDb Duration Running time 1h 46m Country India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 8 June 1984 (1984-06-08) Screenplay Mrinal Sen, Premendra Mitra Cast (Jamini), (Subhash), (Dipu), (Anil), Similar movies Related Mrinal Sen movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Khandhar a short film
Khandahar (translation: "The Ruins") is a 1984 Hindi film directed by Mrinal Sen, based on a Bengali short story, Telenapota Abishkar (Discovering Telenapota) by Premendra Mitra. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapoor. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
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Plot
Three friends from the city visit some ruins where an aged mother (Gita Sen) and her daughter Jamini (Shabana Azmi) live. Mother awaits the arrival of a distant cousin to marry Jamini, but the man is already married and living in Calcutta. The photographer Subhash (Naseeruddin Shah) takes pity on the family and pretends to be the awaited suitor. The mother dies contented. When the threesome leave again, Jamini stays behind, facing a life of loneliness in the ruins.
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Restoration
Mr. Ujwal Nirgudkar received Assocham Award for Best Film Restoration of Mrinal Sen's Film “Khandhar”
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