Bibar is a 2006 Bengali

Cinema of West Bengal

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 (Indian) film directed by Subrata Sen

Subrata Sen

Subrata Sen , is a critically acclaimed Bengali Indian film director, writer, novelist and producer.- Early life :Subrata Sen was born in Kolkata in 1963...

 starring Subrata Datta, Tannishtha Chatterjee

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Tannishtha Chatterjee is an Indian actress.She is best known in the west for her performance in the British film Brick Lane , the film adaptation of Monica Ali's best selling novel of the same name. She was nominated for the British Independent Film Awards as the best actress for Brick Lane...

, Payel Sarkar, Sabyasachi Chakraborty

Sabyasachi Chakraborty

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, Kunal Mitra

Kunal Mitra

Kunal Mitra was an Indian actor who appeared in Bengali films and television.-Early life:Kunal was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. He was the grandson of noted Bengali filmmaker Debaki Kumar Bose. He died of a heart attack while shooting at Indrapuri studio, Kolkata for a television serial 'Utsaver...

, Shiladitya Patranabis

Shiladitya Patranabis

Shiladitya Patranobis was prominent Indian TV and Bengali film actor.He died of renal failure in calcutta.He was admitted to Kothari Medical Centre and Research Institute on October 14, 2008 with jaundice. His condition kept deteriorating.He was an alcoholic and had been to rehabilitation centres...

, Pradip Mukhopadhyay, Anuradha Ray, Kanchan Mullick, Rajesh Sharma

Rajesh Sharma

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, Dulal Lahiri, Biswajit Chakraborty

Biswajit Chakraborty

Biswajit Chakraborty is a Bengali Actor in films, television and stage.-Fimography:# Autograph .... Manoj Sarkar# Byomkesh Bakshi .... Anadi Babu# Bodhisattva .... Producer Roy# Prem Amar...

, Oindrilla Khan, & Rita Bhimani. Based on a raging Samaresh Basu

Samaresh Basu

Samaresh Basu was an Indian Bengali writer based in Kolkata, India. He was born on December 11, 1924 and spent his early childhood in Dhaka, Bikrampur in what is today Bangladesh...

's 1965 controversial novel 'Calcutta, Unabashed' - (Bibar) deals with the angst of city youth in Calcutta, who are caught between the lures of a new, liberalized society and fast-fading traditional values.

Plot

Based on a raging Samoresh Basu's 1965 controversial novel Calcutta, Unabashed - (Bibar) deals with the angst of city youth in Calcutta, who are caught between the lures of a new, liberalized society and fast-fading traditional values. Biresh (Subrata Dutta – alumnus of National School of Drama

National School of Drama

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, India) an investigating officer in a finance company is at heart a bohemian with no rigid values in life. In love, he is caught in a psycho-sexual relationship with a high society call girl Nita (Tannishtha Chatterjee

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Tannishtha Chatterjee is an Indian actress.She is best known in the west for her performance in the British film Brick Lane , the film adaptation of Monica Ali's best selling novel of the same name. She was nominated for the British Independent Film Awards as the best actress for Brick Lane...

 - best known for the British Film "Brick Lane" by Sarah Gavron, German film “Shadows of Time” by Florian Gallenberger and French Film “Let the wind blow”).
In his office, his position becomes bleak as he refuses a loan to an influential person. He starts drinking heavily and starts visiting Sonagachi

Sonagachi

Sonagachi is the largest red-light district in kolkata,, India and one of the largest in Asia. It is an area with several hundred multi-story brothels and some 10,000 sex workers...

, the infamous red-light area of Calcutta with his painter friend Hiren (Shiladitya Patranobish). He also gets attracted towards a model, Iti (Payel Sarkar). Biresh, in a bout of self-destruction, vents his anger and frustration by strangling Nita, and stages his alibi through Iti. The Police start investigating, but are unable to establish any motive behind the killing.

Cast

• Subrata Datta
• Tannishtha Chatterjee
  Tannishtha Chatterjee
  Tannishtha Chatterjee is an Indian actress.She is best known in the west for her performance in the British film Brick Lane , the film adaptation of Monica Ali's best selling novel of the same name. She was nominated for the British Independent Film Awards as the best actress for Brick Lane...
  
  
• Payel Sarkar
• Sabyasachi Chakraborty
  Sabyasachi Chakraborty
  Sabyasachi Chakraborty is a Bengali Indian male actor of TV and films. Sabyasachi Chakraborty is one of the most talented and prolific actors of Bengal whose acting prowess is well known all over India.-Early life:...
  
  
• Kunal Mitra
  Kunal Mitra
  Kunal Mitra was an Indian actor who appeared in Bengali films and television.-Early life:Kunal was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. He was the grandson of noted Bengali filmmaker Debaki Kumar Bose. He died of a heart attack while shooting at Indrapuri studio, Kolkata for a television serial 'Utsaver...
  
  
• Shiladitya Patronobish
• Pradip Mukhopadhyay
• Anuradha Ray
• Kanchan Mullick
• Rajesh Sharma
  Rajesh Sharma
  Rajesh Sharma is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently Punjab Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.-Early life:Rajesh Sharma was born in Toronto in Canada, to Devinder and Ranbir Sharma...
  
  
• Dulal Lahiri
• Biswajit Chakraborty
  Biswajit Chakraborty
  Biswajit Chakraborty is a Bengali Actor in films, television and stage.-Fimography:# Autograph .... Manoj Sarkar# Byomkesh Bakshi .... Anadi Babu# Bodhisattva .... Producer Roy# Prem Amar...
  
  
• Oindrilla Khan
• Rita Bhimani

Crew

• Story: Samaresh Basu
  Samaresh Basu
  Samaresh Basu was an Indian Bengali writer based in Kolkata, India. He was born on December 11, 1924 and spent his early childhood in Dhaka, Bikrampur in what is today Bangladesh...
  
  
• Camera: Premendu Bikash Chaki
• Art Director: Goutam Bose
• Editor: Rabi Ranjan Moitra
• Music: Debojyoti Mishra
  Debojyoti Mishra
  Debojyoti Mishra is an Indian film composer. He became popular with his minimalist classical compositions for the film Raincoat. He also worked on a Bengali film, Chaturanga....
  
  
• Sound: Anup Mukherjee
• Production House:RD Bansal Productions
• Executive Producers: Chaitali Aggarwal & Varsha Bansal
• Producer: Kamal Bansal
• Screenplay & Direction: Subrato Sen

Promotion

• After Hatat Neerar Jonnyo, here comes Subrata Sen's Bibar. After looking around for the main cast, (read: Raima Sen and Nandana Deb Sen were considered for the lead roles) we have the star cast with Payel Sarkar, Subrata Dutta (his recent film being Rising) and Tannistha Chatterjee. Subrata Sen said, "I saw Payel's photo and interview in Calcutta Times and decided to cast her. Tannistha has worked German director Florian Gallenberger and I have worked with Subrata Dutta before in Swapner Ferriwallah and know his potential well. Bibar might be a difficult novel to translate onto screen but Sen has worked hard on the script.--The Times of India, 15.10.2005

• She is a Probashi Bangali, trained at NSD
  National School of Drama
  National School of Drama is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India, established . It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and became an independent school in 1975...
  
   and recommended for Subrata Sen's Bibar by Nandana Deb Sen. "I am playing an upper class call girl who is straight forward and knows how she can get what she wants." says Tannistha Chatterjee, shooting in a Ballygunge house. The sultry actress will soon be seen in Florian Gallenberger's Shadows of Time and a host of Hindi films, from Strings with Adam Bedi to divorce with Jackie Shroff.--The Telegraph, 23.10.2006

• Now that Subrata Sen adaption of Bibar is at the post production stage, the director is leaving no stone unturned to do justice to his difficult subject.. "This has been my most difficult film. Even veteran directors haven't had the courage to adopt Bibar. Hope people like my treatment," Sen says—The Times of India, 13.12.2006

Awards

• BFJA Awards (2007)
  • Most Promising Actress Tannistha Chatterjee
• Best Actor:
  • Best Actress: Tannistha Chatterjee
  • Best Actor:Subrat Dutta