Mr. Shome

Original title: Bhuvan Shome
Mrinal Sen/ India/ Hindi/ 1969/ black and white/ 96 minutes

Bhuvan Shome is a lonely widower. He is looking back on the trodden path, strewn with staunch determination and drab attitudes, Bhuvan Shome, a thoroughly unenchanted man. He takes a day off and walks into another world—a new world consisting of simple uninitiated village folk. There he rides a bullock cart, encounters a buffalo and finally a village belle. Off to duck shooting amidst the sand dunes, suddenly everything lights up. A day’s exposure to a host of alien situations deepens his sense of loneliness. He realizes that he has no escape from the world which he has built for himself all these years.

Award
National Award for Best Film
National Award for Best Director
National Award for Best Actor

Director: Mrinal Sen
Story: Banaphool
Producer: Mrinal Sen Productions
Cinematographer: K. K. Mahajan
Music: Vijay Raghav Rao
Cast: Utpal Dutt, Suhashini Mulay

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