Podokkhep (2006) is a Bengali film

Bengali cinema

Bengali cinema refers to the Bengali language filmmaking industries in the Bengal region of South Asia. There are two major film-making hubs in the region: one in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the other in Dhaka, Bangladesh .The history of cinema in Bengal dates back to the 1890s, when the first...

 by Suman Ghosh

Suman Ghosh

-Early life:Suman Ghosh began training at the age of 7 under the guidance of his mother Monika Ghosh. Later he trained under the maestros like Pandit Shrikant Bakre, Padmabhushan Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh, and finally, the living legend of Indian music, Padma-vibhushan Pandit Jasraj.-Career:Suman...

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Plot

At the end, the only love which lasts is the love that has accepted everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire as deep as the simple desire for companionship."

Inspired by this Graham Greene quote, "Podokkhep" is the story of an unusual bond between a retired man and a 5 year old girl where he rediscovers life in his twilight years through this friendship.

Cast

• Soumitra Chatterjee
  Soumitra Chatterjee
  Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay is an iconic Bengali actor from India, known among other things for his frequent collaborations with the great Bengali film director Satyajit Ray and his constant comparison with the Bengali screen idol Uttam Kumar.-Background:Soumitra graduated from...
  
  
• Nandita Das
  Nandita Das
  Nandita Das is an award-winning Indian film actress and director. As an actress, she is known for her performances in Fire , Earth , Bawandar , Kannathil Muthamittal and Aamaar Bhuvan . As a director, she is known for her directorial debut Firaaq , which has won a number of national and...
  
  
• Sabitri Chatterjee
  Sabitri Chatterjee
  Sabitri Chatterjee is an Indian Bengali female actor whose career as an actor spans more than 50 years. She was born in Comilla, in British India .-Early life:...
  
  
• Tota Roy Choudhury
• June Maliah
• Shweta Dutta
• Bibhas Chakraborty
  Bibhas Chakraborty
  Bibhas Chakraborty is a leading Bengali theatre personality. He is an actor, playwright, theatre director, and theatre organiser. He received Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1989...
  
  
• Jagannath Guha
• Ashok Sharma

Crew

• Producer(s): Nitesh Sharma

• Director: Suman Ghosh
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Critical reception

• National Best Actor Award for Soumithra Chatarjee

External links

• www.telegraphindia.com
• http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=14899
• http://www.footstepsfilm.com/