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Antareen
Directed byMrinal Sen
Written bySaadat Hasan Manto (story)
Mrinal Sen (screenplay)
Based onBaadsahat ka Khatma (End of Kingship)
Produced byNFDC
Doordarshan[1]
StarringAnjan Dutt
Dimple Kapadia
Tathagata Sanyal
CinematographySashi Anand
Music bySashi Anand
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Antareen (The Confined) is a 1993 Bengali-language Indian film directed by Mrinal Sen. Although based on the 1950 Saadat Hasan Manto story Badshahat Ka Khatimah, the screenplay has a different ending. It stars Anjan Dutt and Dimple Kapadia.[2][3] Antareen was the first non-Hindi project Kapadia took part in since Vikram (1986). She played a woman caught in a loveless marriage. Insisting on playing her part spontaneously, Kapadia refused to enroll in a crash-course in Bengali as she wrongly felt that she would be able to speak it convincingly. Her voice was eventually dubbed by actor Anushua Majumdar, something Kapadia was unhappy with.[4]

At the 1993 National Film Award, it was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali.[1]

Synopsis[edit]

A young writer (Anjan Dutta), seeking inspiration, is living alone in a friend's old mansion in Calcutta. One night he starts talking to a stranger (Dimple Kapadia) over the phone. The conversation soon develops into a relationship as details of their lives are revealed. They chance met on a train, when Dimple was able to recognize him from his voice and way of talking, just as she reboarded the train at a way side station.[5]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals.
  2. ^ "Bollywood Hindi Movie, Latest Movies Release, Review & News, Actor Actress Photo Pics & Videos Gallery". Gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  3. ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. ISBN 9781579581466.
  4. ^ Das Gupta, Ranjan (8 November 2009). "I am very moody". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  5. ^ Anatreen Rotten Tomatoes.

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