Chokh
Sign in to saveChokh (lit. The Eyes) is a 1983 Indian Bengali film directed by Utpalendu Chakrabarty, with Om Puri, Anil Chatterjee, Shyamanand Jalan and Sreela Majumdar in lead roles. The film is set in 1975 and the oppression and exploitation of Jute mill workers in Kolkata.
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7.5In order to treat his visually impaired son, mill owner Jethia forges some documents to acquire the eyes donated by Jadunath, one of his workers who was wrongfully framed for a couple of murders and sentenced to death.
Released: 1983-02-2298 minDir: Utpalendu ChakrabartyDrama
Cast
- Om Puri as Jadunath
- Anil Chatterjee as Dr. Mukherjee
- Shyamanand Jalan as Factory Owner
- Sreela Majumdar
- Nihar Dasgupta
- Dipak Sarkar
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1982
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- film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Bangla
- Director
- Utpalendu Chakrabarty
- Cast member
- Madhabi Mukherjee
- Composer
- Utpalendu Chakrabarty
- Narrative location
- Kolkata
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Chokh (lit. The Eyes) is a 1983 Indian Bengali film directed by Utpalendu Chakrabarty, with Om Puri, Anil Chatterjee, Shyamanand Jalan and Sreela Majumdar in lead roles. The film is set in 1975 and the oppression and exploitation of Jute mill workers in Kolkata.
At the 30th National Film Awards he won the awards for Best Feature Film as well as Best Direction award for the director.
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1982 Bengali-language films1982 filmsBengali-language Indian filmsBest Feature Film National Film Award winnersFilms about social realismFilms about the labor movementFilms set in 1975Films set in KolkataFilms whose director won the Best Director National Film AwardJute industry in IndiaTemplate film date with 1 release date