Ek Phaali Rodh

Ek Phaali Rodh
Directed by	Atanu Ghosh
Written by	Atanu Ghosh
Produced by	Bitan Roy Antara Ghosh
Starring	Dhritiman Chatterjee Ritwick Chakraborty Aparajita Ghosh Das Tota Roychowdhury Arunima Ghosh Dulal Lahiri Rudranil Ghosh Mahua Halder Barun Chanda Jisshu Sengupta
Cinematography	Soumik Haldar
Edited by	Sujoy Dutta Ray
Music by	Joy Sarkar
Release date	21 June 2014 (2014-06-21)(Shanghai)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Ek Phaali Rodh (English: A Ray of Light) is a 2014 Bengali film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Bitan Roy and Antara Ghosh for Teamwork Communication. The music is composed by Joy Sarkar. It is Atanu Ghosh's fourth feature film after Angshumaner Chhobi, Takhan Teish and Rupkatha Noy. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Plot

Dr. Somshankar Roy, a social scientist, engages Swagato and Anwesha to create 'mock' crisis on the streets. The aim was to observe reactions of people to different forms of crisis happening around them, and to analyse and derive conclusions about human behaviour from them. But all theories and deductions go astray when they come face to face with a real crisis in their own lives and cannot decipher whether the crisis is MOCK or REAL.

Storyline

Dr. SOMSHANKAR ROY, a social scientist, engages two young people SWAGATO and ANWESHA to create ‘mock’ crisis on the streets. The aim was to observe reactions of people to different forms of crisis happening around them, and to analyse and derive conclusions on Bystander effect from them. Anwesha is a post-graduate in sociology and comes from a well-to-do family. She is engaged to JOY, a celebrity singer. Swagato hails from a middle-class family, has a diploma in journalism but never got a decent job. Swagato has a steady relation with RUPA, who resides in a colony. Days back, Rupa’s mother has been diagnosed to be suffering from cancer. Now they are in acute crisis as Rupa’s mother is the only earning member of the family. PRATIM GUHA, a blind writer of love stories learns about Dr. Roy’s experiment, finds it quite interesting and involves himself with the project in pursuit of a plot. Pratim is dynamic and wants to live life on his own terms. But he is also intensely romantic and emotional. He lends yet another dimension to the curious relationship developing between the six people, namely Somshankar, Anwesha, Swagato, Joy, Rupa and Pratim. But all theories and deductions go astray when one of them suddenly goes missing and the rest cannot decipher whether the crisis is mock or real.

World Premiere

Ek Phaali Rodh (A Ray of light) had its World Premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2014. ^[6]

Cast

• Dhritiman Chatterjee as Dr. Somshankar Roy
• Ritwick Chakraborty as Swagato
• Aparajita Ghosh Das as Anwesha
• Jisshu Sengupta as Joy
• Tota Roychowdhury as Pratim
• Mahua Halder as Rupa
• Arunima Ghosh as Mimi
• Barun Chanda as Rajat Gupta

References

1. "Mind game". The Telegraph India. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
2. "5 films that made Bengal proud at International film festivals". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
3. Ek Phaali Rodh Movie Review {3/5}: Critic Review of Ek Phaali Rodh by Times of India , retrieved 21 September 2018
4. "Ek Phali Rodh (Bengali) / Haunting and rich". The Indian Express. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
5. Bangaliana, Sholoana. "Interview with Director Atanu Ghosh on his Upcoming Film Ek Phaali Rodh | Sholoanabangaliana Portal". sholoanabangaliana.in. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
6. "The 17Th Shanghai International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

External links

• Ek Phaali Rodh at IMDb