Praktan (2016)

Original title

প্রাক্তন

Directed by

Nandita Roy

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 22m

Rated

UA

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A married couple confronts the gap between what they have and what they want. Their relationship is tested by the struggle between being content and making sacrifices.

romanticbittersweetcontemplativeemotionalsinceretendernostalgic

What happens

Praktan (Bengali: প্রাক্তন, lit. Former or Ex) is a 2016 Indian Bengali Romantic film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee and starring Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta. It brings back the Prosenjit - Rituparna collaboration 14 years after Pratihinsa (2002). The theme of the film is based on conflict between contentment and sacrifice of married life. The film opened to a huge reception on 27 May 2016 worldwide. It won the International Film Business Award 2016 for becoming the Highest Grossing Movie of the Year - Bengal alongside films like Kabaali, Sultan, Sairat and Action Hero Biju, at Indywood Film Carnival at Ramoji Film City. The film's music was released by Amara Muzik. Praktan was remade in Bollywood with the title Jalebi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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