Original title: Ekdin achanak
Mrinal Sen/ India
One evening, a professor goes out for a walk and fails to return. As the evening stretches into days and the days into weeks with no sign of him, the member of his family struggle both to regain their footing and to understand what might have caused him to leave. Slowly they return to their quotidian activities. The professor's son Amit establishes his fledgling business. His younger daughter Sima resumes her studies at college and his elder daughter, Neeta, the backbone of the family, returns to her office job.
Amit enjoys success in his business but is bitter and dour. Neeta has a very patient and supportive boyfriend but the relationship is stuck in a holding pattern. And their mother suffers depression.
Award
Awards National Award for Best Supporting Acterss
Director: Mrinal Sen
Story: Ramapada Chowdhury
Screenplay: Mrinal Sen
Producer: National Film Development Corporation
Cast: Shabana Azmi, Shreeram Lagoo, Aparna Sen, Uttara Baokar, Roopa Ganguly, Arjun Chakraborty, Manohar Singh, Anjan Dutt
Music: Jyotishka Dasgupta
Cinematographer: K.K. Mahajan
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