Herbert (2005 film)
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Herbert is a 2005 Bengali-language film that was directed by veteran theatre director Suman Mukhopadhyay
. It was based on Nabarun Bhattacharya
's Sahitya Akademi Award
winning novel of the same name.
Suman Mukhopadhyay
Suman Mukhopadhyay or Suman Mukherjee is a prominent contemporary Indian filmmaker and a theatre director.-Career:He has done theatre productions ranging from European drama to major adaptations of Bengali masterpieces. Among which are Teesta Paarer Brittanto and Samay Asamayer Brittanto,...
. It was based on Nabarun Bhattacharya
Nabarun Bhattacharya
Nabarun Bhattacharya is an Indian Bengali writer deeply committed to a revolutionary and radical aesthetics. He was born at Baharampur , West Bengal...
's Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
winning novel of the same name.
Awards
This film won the following awards:- Silver Lotus for the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in BengaliNational Film Award for Best Feature Film in BengaliThe Indian National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali winners:...
, 2006. - Audience Award at the Dhaka International Film Festival, 2006
- Lankesh Award for Best Debut Director in Bangalore, 2006.