Abar Aranye

Abar Aranye
DVD cover for Abar Aranye.
Directed by	Goutam Ghose
Written by	Goutam Ghose
Starring	Soumitra Chatterjee Subhendu Chatterjee Saswata Chatterjee Samit Bhanja Sharmila Tagore Champa Roopa Ganguly Tabu Jisshu Sengupta
Cinematography	Goutam Ghose
Music by	Goutam Ghose
Production companies	Rainbow T Sarkar Productions
Distributed by	T Sarkar Productions
Release date	16 May 2003 (2003-05-16)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Abar Aranye (English title: In the Forest ...Again) (2003) is an Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Goutam Ghose. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

The film features the characters from Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri , returning to the forest over thirty years later. ^[4] Asim, Sanjoy, Harinath and Aparna have grown old in this film; Shekhar has died. They set out on a journey to break off every link with civilisation for a few days. However, the trip turns sour when Asim and Aparna's daughter, Amrita, goes missing. It transpires that she is being held for ransom by local tribespeople. Police intervene and the kidnapped girl is returned to her parents, albeit against her own wishes. ^[5]

Cast

• Soumitra Chatterjee as Asim
• Sharmila Tagore as Aparna (wife of Asim)
• Subhendu Chatterjee as Sanjoy
• Gulshan Ara Akter Champa As Champa (wife of Sanjoy)
• Tabu as Amrita (daughter of Ashim & Aparna)
• Samit Bhanja as Hari
• Roopa Ganguly as Shimul (wife of Hari)
• Saswata Chatterjee as Saswata (son of Sanjoy and Champa)
• Bidipta Chakraborty as Bidipta (wife of Saswata)
• Jisshu Sengupta as Jishu (friend of Saswata)
• Rajatava Dutta as manager of tea estate
• Chaiti Ghoshal as wife of manager

Awards

• 2004 :BFJA Awards
• 2004 :National Award - Best Director for Goutam Ghose
• 2004 :National Award - Best Screenplay for Goutam Ghose
• 2004 :National Award - Best Supporting Actress for Sharmila Tagore
• 2003 :Nominated for Montreal World Film Festival
• 2003 :Nominated for International Film Festival of Marrakech

References

1. Variety International Film Guide. Andre Deutsch. 2004. p. 171. ISBN   978-1-902049-96-0. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
2. "Here's why Bidipta treasures her experience of shooting Abar Aranye - Times of India". The Times of India . 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
3. "Abar Aranye by Subhajit Ghosh". Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
4. Prima, Lubaba Mahjabin (13 September 2023). "'Abar Aranye': A continuation you can't miss". The Daily Star. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
5. Abar Aranye Archived 28 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine

External links

External videos
Full movie on YouTube

• Abar Aranye at IMDb