Kaal Sandhya | |
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Directed by | Bhabendra Nath Saikia |
Written by | Bhabendra Nath Saikia |
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Cinematography | Raju Misra |
Edited by | Ujjal Nandi |
Music by | Gautam Mukherjee |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
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The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India in New Delhi that year and also as part of the Indian section at the Cairo International Film festival. [5]
Ranjit, an educated and unemployed young man, is drawn into militancy. As armed insurgents indulge in targeted killings he too is involved in the killing of Anuradha's husband. A few days later, a professor of the local college, Banajit Dutta too is shot dead. Ranjit grows close to the family of the professor as time goes by and is tortured by guilt and remorse. [6]
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