Parashuram (1979 film)

1979 film

Parashuram

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Directed by| Mrinal Sen
Written by| Mohit Chattopadhya
Mrinal Sen
Starring| Arun Mukherjee
Cinematography| Ranjit Roy
Edited by| Gangadhar Naskar

Release date

* February 1979 (1979-02) (Berlin)

Running time

| 100 minutes
Country| India
Language| Bengali

Parashuram (Bengali: পরশুরাম; English title The Man with the Axe) is a 1979 Bengali drama film directed and co-written by Mrinal Sen. It was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.[1]

## Cast

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* Arun Mukherjee as Parashuram (as Arun Mukhopadhyay)
* Bibhas Chakraborty
* Sreela Majumdar as Alhadi
* Samaresh Banerjee (as Samaresh Bandyopadhyay)
* Jayanta Bhattacharya as Beggar
* Reba Roy Chowdhury
* Sujal Roy Chowdhury (as Sajal Roy Chowdhury)
* Arati Das
* Anuradha Debi (as Anuradha Deb)
* Radharani Devi
* Shailen Ganguli (as Shailen Gangopadhyay)

## Awards

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* National Film Award for Best Actor \- Arun Mukherjee
* National Film Award for Best Editing \- Gangadhar Naskar
* National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film) \- Mrinal Sen

## References

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1. ^ "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

## External links

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* Parashuram at IMDb

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Feature films directed by Mrinal Sen

* Raat Bhore (1955)
* Neel Akasher Neechey (1958)
* Baishey Sravan (1960)
* Punascha (1961)
* Abasheshe (1963)
* Pratinidhi (1964)
* Akash Kusum (1965)
* Matira Manisha (1966)
* Bhuvan Shome (1969)
* Interview (1970)
* Ek Adhuri Kahani (1971)
* Calcutta 71 (1972)
* Padatik (1973)
* Chorus (1974)
* Mrigayaa (1976)
* Oka Oori Katha (1977)
* Parashuram (1979)
* Ek Din Pratidin (1979)
* Akaler Sandhane (1980)
* Chalchitra (1981)
* Kharij (1982)
* Khandhar (1983)
* Genesis (1986)
* Ek Din Achanak (1989)
* Mahaprithibi (1991)
* Antareen (1993)
* Aamar Bhuvan (2002)

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