Abar Aranye (2003) is an award-winning India

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n Bengali

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...

 feature film directed by Goutom Ghosh.

Plot

The film features the characters from Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...

's Aranyer Din Ratri

Aranyer Din Ratri

Aranyer Din Ratri , is an Indian Bengali film released in 1970 and directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based upon the Bengali novel of the same name by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It was one of the earliest films to employ the literary technique of the carnivalesque...

, returning to the forest over thirty years later. Ashim, Sanjoy, Harinath and Aparna have grown old in this film; Shekhar has died. They set out on a journey to break off every link with civilisation for a few days. However, the trip turns sour when Ashim and Aparna's daughter, Amrita, goes missing. It transpires that she is being held for ransom by local tribespeople. Police intervene and the kidnapped girl is returned to her parents, albeit against her own wishes.

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...
  
   as Ashim
• Sharmila Tagore
  Sharmila Tagore
  Sharmila Tagore is an Indian film actress. She has won National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances.She has led the Indian Film Censor Board from October 2004 till March 2011...
  
   as Aparna (wife of Asihm)
• 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...
  
   as Sanjoy
• Gulshan Ara Champa As Champa (wife of Sanjoy)
• Samit Bhanja
  Samit Bhanja
  Samit Bhanja was born in Jamshedpur. He got his first break in Balai Sen’s 1965 film Surer Agun and is remembered as the male lead, Navin, of the successful Hindi film Guddi, opposite Jaya Bhaduri. In addition to acting in film, he acted in theatre and jatras, and was associated with the Rupkar...
  
   as Hari
• Rupa Ganguly
  Rupa Ganguly
  Rupa Ganguly or Roopa Ganguly is an Indian actress in the Hindi and Bengali language film industry, as well as television She became popular after playing Draupadi in the hit Television series Mahabharat , and in film is most known for her roles in films like Padma Nadir Majhi by Gautam Ghose,...
  
   as Simul (wife of Hari)
• Tabu
  Tabu (actress)
  Tabu is an Indian film actress. She has mainly acted in Hindi films, though she has also starred in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali language films, as well as one American film...
  
   as Amrita (daughter of Ashim & Aparna)
• Saswata Chatterjee
  Saswata Chatterjee
  Saswata Chatterjee is a Bengali Indian male actor of television and films.-Career:Saswata started his career with a Hindi serial directed by Saibal Mitra, based on Samaresh Majumdar’s Kaalpurush. He gained popularity by portraying the character of Topshe in a television series directed by Sandip...
  
   as Saswata (son of Sanjoy and Champa)
• Bidipta Chakraborty as Bidipta (wife of Saswata)
• Jisshu Sengupta as Jishu (friend of Saswata)
• Rajatabha Dutta as manager of tea estate
• Chaiti Ghosal as wife of manager

Awards

• 2004 :BFJA Awards
  Bengal Film Journalists' Association - Best Indian Films Award
  Here is a list of Bengal Film Journalists' Association - Best Indian Films Award....
  
  
• 2004 :National Award - Best Director
  National Film Award for Best Directing
  The National Film Award for Best Direction winners are given below. Satyajit Ray has been awarded the maximum number of times in this category....
  
   for Goutam Ghose
• 2004 :National Award - Best Screenplay
  National Film Award for Best Screenplay
  The National Film Award for Best Screenplay winners:-References:...
  
   for Goutam Ghose
• 2004 :National Award - Best Supporting Actress
  National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
  The National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress winners:...
  
   for Sharmila Tagore
  Sharmila Tagore
  Sharmila Tagore is an Indian film actress. She has won National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances.She has led the Indian Film Censor Board from October 2004 till March 2011...
  
  
• 2003 :Nominated for Montreal World Film Festival
  Montreal World Film Festival
  The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
  
  
• 2003 :Nominated for International Film Festival of Marrakech
  International Film Festival of Marrakech
  The International Film Festival of Marrakech is an international film festival held annually in Marrakech, Morocco.-Overview:Since its inaugural year in 2000, the FIFM has been one of the biggest events devoted to Moroccan cinema...