Prohor

Prohor
DVD cover of the film
Directed bySubhadro Chowdhury
Screenplay bySekhar Das
Story byDulendra Bhowmick
Produced byDevjani Gupta
StarringDebashree Roy
Alokananda Roy
Barun Chanda
Shilajit
CinematographyAmlan Dutta
Edited bySaurav Sharangi
Music byIndradeep Dasgupta
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Prohor is a 2002 Bengali feature film directed by Subhadro Chowdhury.[1] The film is based on Dulendra Bhowmick's short story Dash Number Bed. The cinematographer of the film was Amlan Dutta. It revolves around a nurse who, in one night, discovers that there is a patient in her hospital, who once raped her brutally. It stars Debashree Roy as the central character. The film was edited by Saurav Sharangi and the background score was composed by Chiradeep Dasgupta.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

The film was critically appreciated and has often been considered as the best of Debashree Roy.[8][9] Indian film historian S. Theodore Bhaskaran listed this film into his choice of ten best Indian films.[10] Several film critics have considered this film stodgy and unwieldy.[11] It bagged Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director in 2002.[12] It was released in some limited halls in 2002.[13][14][15]

Synopsis

Nandita who is a nurse encounters an emergent case of a bomb blast. The patient is a bomb blast victim and a criminal under police protection.

Cast

Awards

Award Year Category Result Ref.
IFFI Award 2003 Special Jury Recognition Won [18]
Down Under Film Festival, Australia 2003 Best

Actress

Won [19]

References

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  9. ^ "The Point Where Debasree Roy Is Different From Rituparna Sengupta". Filmzack. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  10. ^ "India's Best Films: Theodore Bhaskaran". Rediff. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  11. ^ "The Indian presence". Frontline. 20 November 2003. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Directorate of Film Festival". iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  13. ^ Akhilesh. "Prohor VCD (2004)". www.induna.com. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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  18. ^ "Iranian film gets Golden Peacock at IFFI 2003". Hindustan Times. 19 October 2003. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  19. ^ ঘোষ, পিনাকপাণি. "মানহানির মামলা করে শোভনকে 'সামাজিক অস্বস্তি' বললেন দেবশ্রী, নাম নিলেন না বৈশাখীর". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2021.