Antarjali Jatra
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| Directed by | Gautam Ghose |
| Written by | Kamal Kumar Majumdar (Story) |
| Produced by | NFDC |
| Starring | Shatrughan Sinha Basanta Choudhury Promode Ganguly Rabi Ghosh Shampa Ghosh |
| Music by | Goutam Ghose |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Antarjali Jatra (The Ultimate Journey, Bengali: অন্তর্জলী যাত্রা), also known as Antarjali Yatra, is a 1987 film directed by Kolkata-based Indian film director Goutam Ghose based on a novel, Mahayatra, by Kamal Kumar Majumdar.[1] It documents the institution of Kulin Brahmin polygamy in nineteenth-century Bengal. The film opens with Seetaram, a rich Kulin Brahmin, being brought to the bank of the Ganga for a virtuous death in contact with the holy river's waters (called Antarjali in Bengali), as suggested by his family priest. He did not die, even after waiting for a few days. An astrologer suggested that he would not die without a companion, i.e., a wife. An old Brahmin takes this opportunity to get rid of the burden of his young daughter Yashobati, without dowry, knowing that Seetaram is on his deathbed. Baiju, a kind-hearted chandala (an untouchable Hindu caste traditionally employed as crematorium workers) tried to reason with Yashobati, a newlywed, to run away. He narrates his inability to be a part of sin by making a funeral pyre for the newlywed and burning a young widow. He tried to reason with her that glory in sati is hollow. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 1988. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3]
Cast
[edit]- Shatrughan Sinha as Baiju
- Vasant Choudhury as Yashobati's Father
- Promode Ganguly as Seetaram
- Rabi Ghosh as an Astrologer
- Shampa Ghosh as Yashobati
- Mohan Agashe as Vaidya (Physician)
Awards
[edit]The film got National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 1988.
It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and Grand Prix at Tashkent Film Festival 1988.
References
[edit]- ^ Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 337. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Antarjali Jatra". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
- ^ "Antarjali Jatra (1987) | Art House Cinema". 15 June 2014.
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