Nirbashito

2014 Indian film
  • December 2014 (2014-12)
Running time
108 minsCountryIndiaLanguageBengali

Nirbashito (transl. exiled) (2014) is a Bengali-language film directed by Churni Ganguly. The music of the film was composed by Raja Narayan Deb.[1][2] The film was India's Oscar nomination in the category "Best foreign film" in 2015.[3]

Plot

The protagonist of the film is a female writer who has been banished from her own country for writing against religious fundamentalism. The film shows the relationship between her and her cat "Baghini".

Cast

  • Churni Ganguly as a Woman
  • Saswata Chatterjee as Pritam
  • Arindol Bagchi as Anukul
  • Raima Sen as Shayonti
  • Ardhendu Banerjee as Shayonti's Father
  • Dipankar Dey as Chief Minister
  • Chitravanu Basu as Kalidas
  • Dipanjan Basu as Identity Verification officer
  • Lars Bethke as Lucas
  • Naomi Bethke as Girl in Apple Orchard.
  • Gautam Bhattacharya as Journalist in School library
  • Kishore Bhimani as Mr. Goenka
  • Sanjay Biswas as Consulate Stuff
  • Lia Boysen as Wilma
  • Biplab Chatterjee as Moti
  • Balmiki Chattopadhyay as Debu
  • Kheya Chattopadhyay as Courier Service Assistant
  • Shruti Das as Girl Crying for mother
  • Rajorshi Dey as Manibul
  • Kaushik Ganguly as Jayanta
  • Rajat Ganguly as Chanchal
  • Abhimanyu Mukherjee Television Journalist
  • Parna Ghatak as Vet
  • Joakim Granberg as Theo
  • Christer Holmgren as Swedish Ambassador
  • Yohanna Idha as Reporter
  • Christoffer L Jonsson as Swedish Security Official 1
  • Bharat Kaul as Vikram Ehsas.
  • Eric Krogh as Bodyguard
  • Debmalya Maulik as Newsreader
  • Arun Mukherjee as Amal Majumdar
  • Ashok Mukherjee as Courier Service Stuff
  • Sumanta Mukherjee as Commissioner of Police
  • Samita Saha as Maid for Baghini
  • Martin Wallström as Gustav
  • Shazi Özdemir as Liliana
  • Lennart B. Sandelin as Protester

Awards

The film received the following awards:[4]

References

  1. ^ "'Nirbashito' not a biopic on Taslima: Churni". The Indian Express. 17 August 2015.
  2. ^ Banerjie, Monideepa (2 May 2015). "Nirbashito: A Pen, the Sword and an Exile". NDTV. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. ^ সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "অস্কারের দৌড়ে চূর্ণীর 'নির্বাসিত'". Anandabazar Patrika. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Chunrni ganguly's film Nirbashito enter Oscar race - story - sangbadpratidin.in". Sangbad Pratidin. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

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