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Dosar
	; Movie poster for Dosar
Directed by	Rituparno Ghosh
Written by	Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
Starring	Prasenjit Chatterjee; Konkona Sen Sharma
Distributed by	Planman Motion Pictures
Release date(s)	14 April ,2006 (Bengal); 19 April ,2006 (Mumbai); 20 May ,2007 (Cannes Film Festival)
Running time	127 min
Language	Bengali

Dosar ( Bengali: দোসর ) (translation:Emotional companion) is a Bengali movie released in 2006 directed by Rituparno Ghosh. The movie stars Konkona Sen Sharma and Prasenjit Chatterjee, and is featured in black and white. ^[1] This movie is selected for the 60th Cannes Film Festival in the Les Cinema Du Monde section.^[2]

[edit] Synopsis

The story revolves around Kaushik (Prasenjit Chatterjee) and Kaberi (Konkona Sen Sharma), a happy couple until a car accident takes away Mita, Kaushik’s mistress and leaves Kaushik heavily injured. Mita, a mother of a little boy and living with her husband, was Kaushik’s colleague. The revelation leaves Kaberi shattered and she retorts. Kaushik successfully moves on with life leaving Mita behind and tries his best to repair the severely wounded relation with his wife. There is another couple in the film- Brinda (Pallavi Chatterjee) and Bobby (Parambrata Chatterjee), engaged in another extramarital relation. While Bobby is a bachelor, Brinda, quite older than Bobby, is unhappily married. They and Kaberi do group theatre together. Brinda-Bobby comes to a crossroad when Brinda becomes pregnant and Bobby is not sure whether the child is his or Brinda’s husband’s. However he does not turn back and stands by Brinda in sorting out her issues.

Kaberi often threatens divorce but ultimately is overpowered by the wife in her and cannot desist fulfilling her duties towards her husband at the time of crisis.On the other hand, Kaushik too is caught in his own predicament. The physical and mental trauma caused by the accident are portrayed with great skill and subtlety by Prosenjit. He has to not only come to terms with the loss of a loved one but is faced with the daunting task of winning back his wife's trust.

[edit] Cast

Konkona Sen Sharma as ... Kaberi Chatterjee
Prasenjit Chatterjee as ... Kaushik Chatterjee
Chandrayee Ghosh as ... Mita Ray
Shankar Chakraborty as ... Mita Ray's husband
Pallavi Chatterjee as ... Brinda
Parambrata Chatterjee as ... Bobby
Saswata Chatterjee as Kaushik's younger brother
Tota Roy Chowdhury as Kaushik's colleague

[edit] Awards

2007 :Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards: Best Actor Award for Prasenjit Chatterjee
2007 , Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival : Best Actress for Konkona Sen Sharma.^[3]
2007 , Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival : Best Director for Rituparno Ghosh.^[4]
2007 , National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for Prasenjit Chatterjee

[edit] References

^ "Indiafm". Dosar. http://www.indiafm.com/movies/cast/13377/index.html. Retrieved September 2006.
^ "Time of India". Dosar at Caanes. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2057385.cms. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
^ "ndtvmovies". Konkona wins best actress award in NYC. http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&id=ENTEN20070032562. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
^ "ndtvmovies". Ghosh wins best director award in NYC. http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&id=ENTEN20070032562. Retrieved 12 November 2007.

[edit] Tidbits

Director Rituparno Gosh says no connection should be made between the content and black-and-white theme. It was just his fascination to do a black and white file. In his own words at the inauguration of the Tel-Aviv Indian film festival:

"Don't try to relate the subject to the chromatic value. Because I thought I want to do a black and white film and that is the ultimate logic. Because often we see as tech advances a newer format comes into being, the older format is thrown, banished from our life. It does not remain as a creative choice anymore....."

[edit] External links

Official Site
Dosar at the Internet Movie Database

[0] "Indiafm". Dosar. http://www.indiafm.com/movies/cast/13377/index.html. Retrieved September 2006.

[1] "Time of India". Dosar at Caanes. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2057385.cms. Retrieved 17 May 2007.

[2] "ndtvmovies". Konkona wins best actress award in NYC. http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&id=ENTEN20070032562. Retrieved 12 November 2007.

[3] "ndtvmovies". Ghosh wins best director award in NYC. http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&id=ENTEN20070032562. Retrieved 12 November 2007.

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