Krantikaal

Krantikaal
DVD cover for Krantikaal.
Directed by	Sekhar Das
Produced by	Shampa Bhattacharjee
Written by	Prafulla Roy
Starring	Shilajeet Majumdar Rupa Ganguly Soumitra Chatterjee Haradhan Bandopadhyay
Music by	Chirodip Dasgupta
Cinematography	Premendu Bikash Chaki
Edited by	Debkanta Chakraborty
Release dates	2005
Language	Bengali

Krantikaal (Bengali: ক্রান্তিকাল,English title: Critical Encounter) (2005) is an Indian Bengali feature film directed by Sekhar Das of Mahulbanir Sereng fame.

Plot

The story is of terrorism that’s plaguing different parts of the Northeast as the backdrop. Shilajeet Majumdar, a militant on the run, takes refuge in a dilapidated mansion. Rupa Ganguly stays there with her father-in-law Soumitra Chatterjee and his father Haradhan Bandopadhyay who’s confined to bed and is unable to speak. This film focuses on the friction and undercurrent of tension between the lady of the house and the terrorist. It leads to a brief mutual self-discovery that gives rise to compassion.

Cast

• Rupa Ganguly
• Soumitra Chatterjee
• Shilajeet Majumdar as Rajib
• Haradhan Bandopadhyay
• Arjun Chakraborty
• Rita Dutta Chakraborty
• Rajesh Sharma
• Arkapriya Ganguly

Awards

• 2005 - National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for Haradhan Bandopadhyay
• 2005 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali
• BFJA Awards (2006)

• • Best Actor Soumitra Chatterjee
  • Best Actor In a Supporting Role Haradhan Bandopadhyay
  • Best Cinematography : Premendu Bikash Chaki
  • Best Director Sekhar Das
  • Best Music Chiradip Dasgupta
  • Best actress Roopa Ganguly at tha Dhaka International Film Festival
  • Best Director Sekhar Das at the Dhaka International Film Festival
  • Best film Signis award ,Belgium

External links

• Krantikaal in www.gomolo.in
• DVD/VCD Reviews, Movie Reviews, The Telegraph, 12 May 2006.
• BFI | Film & TV Database.