Parashuram (1979 film)

Parashuram
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Mrinal Sen
Written by	Mohit Chattopadhya Mrinal Sen
Starring	Arun Mukherjee
Cinematography	Ranjit Roy
Edited by	Gangadhar Naskar
Release date	February 1979 (1979-02) (Berlin)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Parashuram (Bengali: পরশুরাম; English title The Man with the Axe) is a 1979 Bengali drama film directed and co-written by Mrinal Sen. It was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.[1]

Cast

• Arun Mukherjee as Parashuram (as Arun Mukhopadhyay)
• Bibhas Chakraborty
• Sreela Majumdar as Alhadi
• Samaresh Banerjee (as Samaresh Bandyopadhyay)
• Jayanta Bhattacharya as Beggar
• Reba Roy Chowdhury
• Sujal Roy Chowdhury (as Sajal Roy Chowdhury)
• Arati Das
• Anuradha Debi (as Anuradha Deb)
• Radharani Devi
• Shailen Ganguli (as Shailen Gangopadhyay)

Awards

• National Film Award for Best Actor - Arun Mukherjee
• National Film Award for Best Editing - Gangadhar Naskar
• National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film) - Mrinal Sen

References

1. "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

External links

• Parashuram at IMDb