Underplayed Gems

Ekti Nadir Naam (2003)

Ekti Nadir Naam poster
Original title
একটি নদীর নাম
Directed by
Anup Singh
Genre
documentary film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows a filmmaker as he retraces the steps of Ritwik Ghatak through Bengal. It blends documentary and fiction to examine how the 1947 partition shaped people's lives and art.

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What happens

Ekti Nadir Naam (English: The Name of a River) is a 2003 documentary-style film directed by Anup Singh, exploring the life and work of the great Indian filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak and is set in the partition of Bengal in 1947. The film won the Silver Dhow Prize at the 5th Zanzibar International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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