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Ekhoni (1971)

Ekhoni poster
Original title
এখনই
Directed by
Tapan Sinha
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
1h 36m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of young people in Calcutta struggle with the pressures and disappointments of urban life. The film follows their personal and social conflicts as they try to find their place in a changing world.

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What happens

Ekhoni (also Ekhonee; English: Right Now) is a 1971 Bengali film directed by Tapan Sinha, starring Aparna Sen, Swarup Dutta, Moushumi Chatterjee, Mrinal Mukherjee, Chinmoy Roy and others. Based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Ramapada Chowdhury, Ekhoni was one of the earliest films to address the problems of urban youth, and to replace the individual hero by a collective protagonist. At the 19th National Film Awards, it won the National Award for Best Screenplay. It also won two BFJA Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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