Lal Darja is a 1997

1997 in film

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 Bengali

Bengali cinema

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 allegorical

Allegory

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 drama film

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 about a Kolkata

Kolkata

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 dentist

Dentist

A dentist, also known as a 'dental surgeon', is a doctor that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity. The dentist's supporting team aides in providing oral health services...

 Dr. Nabin Dutta who fears becoming a cripple

Cripple

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. Directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta, he film won the Golden Lotus Award for Best Film at the Indian National Film Awards and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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Plot

Nabin Dutta (Subhendu Chattopadhyay) was a 47-year-old dentist. He had a son Kushal who was studying in Darjeeling. His wife was not satisfied with him and wanted to be separated. Nabin thought he had some acute disease, but it was nothing serious. Every moment Nabin felt a lack of satisfaction.

He compared his situation with his driver Dinu who had two wives, Sukhi (Nandini Maliya) and Maloti (Indrani Haldar). Dinu's wives were satisfied with him and they had no complaints about Dinu; even his daughter had no complaints about her father. Nabin tried to understand himself. Most of the time he thought about his childhood in Cherapunji and the red coloured gate which he thought obeyed him. His mother said that the gate had a huge tolerance and Nabin compared himself with the red coloured gate. Ultimately, after departing from his wife and son, he raised his tolerance to a maximum stage and started to live alone with himself.

Cast

• Subhendu Chatterjee
  Subhendu Chatterjee
  Subhendu Chatterjee was an Indian actor of television and films in Bengali.-Career:He started his film career with Mrinal Sen's Akash Kusum in 1965. He was appreciated for his restrained portrayal of the honest friend who would fail to prevent his go-getting friend from the path of corruption and...
  
  
• Gulsan Ara Akhtar
• Raisul Islam
  Raisul Islam
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• Indrani Haldar
  Indrani Haldar
  Indrani Haldar is a Bengali actress. Indrani, also known as Mamoni, was born in Kolkata on January 6, 1971. Her father is Sanjoy Haldar. She finished her schooling from the Multipurpose Girl’s School and graduated from Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated women's college of the prestigious...
  
  
• Biplab Chatterjee
  Biplab Chatterjee
  Biplab Chatterjee is a Bengali Indian male actor and director of television and films.-Early life:Biplab was born on 8 July in Kolkata. In 1962, he passed higher secondary from Park Institution and graduated from Anandamohan College, an affiliate of the University of Calcutta in 1965.-Career:Biplab...
  
  
• Haradhan Bandopadhyay
  Haradhan Bandopadhyay
  Haradhan Bandopadhyay is a Bengali Indian male actor of television and films.-Early life:Bandopadhyay started his schooling from Kushthiya Municipal School. He passed matriculation in 1944. In 1946, he finished his IA exam from City College, Kolkata, an affiliate of the University of Calcutta. He...
  
  
• Nandini Maliya
• Soma Chakraborty
• Sudip Majumdar