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Kaal (2007)

Kaal poster
Original title
কাল
Directed by
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
1h 58m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Bengali film follows the lives of a young couple navigating their relationship and personal struggles in contemporary Kolkata. It focuses on their daily experiences and internal conflicts without dramatic plot twists.

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What happens

Kaal ( Bengali: কাল, transl. Our Time) is a Bengali film released on 6 January 2007. The film directed by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay stars Chandrayee Ghosh, and Rudranil Ghosh in lead roles. It was selected for screening at the Cairo International Film Festival, 2007, the São Paulo International Film Festival 2007 and the Stockholm International Film Festival 2007. Incidentally, this is the third successive year that Bandopadhyay's film is being screened at São Paulo International Film Festival. The film was already successfully screened at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, 2007, where it was one of the Indian films competing in the festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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