Faltu (2006)

Original title

ফালতু

Directed by

Anjan Das

Genre

drama

Country

India

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man returns to his rural village in Bengal and becomes entangled with the local zamindar and the women in his household. The story explores the clash between tradition and change in a small community.

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What happens

Faltu (transl.  Useless) is a 2006 Bengali film based on Syed Mustafa Siraj's story Ranir Ghater Brittanto. It won the 2007 National Award. Produced by Arindam Chaudhuri (Planman Motion Pictures) and directed by Anjan Das, the movie featured Soumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Yash Pandit, Pradip Mukherjee and Manjari Fadnis, Nirmal Kumar, Masood Akhtar, and Biplab Chatterjee. It had been selected from India for the Spain film festival in the competitive category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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