SUNDAY SPECIAL: Mrinal Sen's "BHUVAN SHOME" - Winner Of 3 National Awards

 

Directed and produced by the Legend - Mrinal Sen, Bhuvan Shome is a 1969 Indian Hindi-language drama film that stars Utpal Dutta (Mr. Bhuvan Shome) and Suhasini Mulay (Gauri, a village belle). Sen based his film on a Bengali story by Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay.

Bhuvan Shome is said to have pioneered the Indian New Wave & Landmark Of Modern Cinema. It was one of the earliest films to get funded by the National Film Development Corporation of India. The film deals with themes of monotony, solitude, camaraderie, and compassion. It also highlights the rural-urban divide in India.

Brief Synopsis:

A lonely bureaucrat goes on holiday to a Gujarat village where a young peasant woman helps him see beyond his job and develop a newfound empathy for people.

The Film has won 3 National Film Award, i.e., Best Feature Film, Best Director - Mrinal Sen, Best Actor - Utpal Dutta.

This was the debut film of Suhasini Mulay. The voice-over and narration in the film was done by Amitabh Bachchan.

If the film isn't playing on our site then you can also find the film on YouTube!