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Khandhar
Sign in to saveKhandhar (English: Ruins) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Mrinal Sen, based on Premendra Mitra's Bengali short story Telenapota Abishkar (Discovering Telenapota). The film stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapur. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
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6.4Subhash is a photographer from the city, who has come to take pictures of some old temples and ruins in a village. Ruins fascinate him. While in the village, he gets acquainted with a young woman, Jamini, who has had her heart broken in the past, by another visitor from the big city. Will history repeat itself, or will she find a way out of the ruins at last?
Cast
- Shabana Azmi as Jamini
- Naseeruddin Shah as Subhash
- Gita Sen as The mother
- Pankaj Kapur as Dipu
- Annu Kapoor as Anil
- Rajen Tarafdar
Themes
- photographer
- india
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Khandahar
- Film.image
- Khanda4f.jpg
- Film.caption
- French poster of the film
- Film.director
- Mrinal Sen
- Film.producer
- Jagadish Choukhani
- Film.screenplay
- Mrinal SenPremendra Mitra
- Film.starring
- Shabana AzmiNaseeruddin ShahSreela Majumdar
- Film.music
- Bhaskar Chandavarkar
- Film.cinematography
- K. K. Mahajan
- Film.editing
- Mrinmoy Chakraborty
- Film.country
- India
- Film.language
- Hindi
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 614413
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- publication date
- 1984-01-01
- title
- कंधार
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Khandhar (English: Ruins) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Mrinal Sen, based on Premendra Mitra's Bengali short story Telenapota Abishkar (Discovering Telenapota). The film stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapur. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
== Plot == Three friends from the city visit some ruins where an aged mother (Gita Sen) and her daughter Jamini live. The mother awaits the arrival of a distant cousin to marry Jamini, but the man is already married and living in Calcutta. The photographer Subhash takes pity on the family and pretends to be the awaited suitor. They keep up the charade for the duration of the trio's visit, Subhash quietly becoming attracted to Jamini even as he understands the fate awaiting her. When the friends leave, Jamini stays behind, facing a life of loneliness in the ruins.