Patalghar is a 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...

 science fiction film based on the story of same name by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay is a Bengali author who writes Bengali books. He has written stories for both adults and children.-Life:Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay was born in Bikrampur , now in Bangladesh. He spent his childhood in Bihar and many places in Bengal and Assam accompanying his father, who worked...

 and directed by Abhijit Choudhury.

Plot

Patalghar revolves around the discovery of a machine. Aghar Sen, a genius scientist lived 150 years ago in a village - Nischiintipur. While discovering a rat disposal machine, he mistakenly invented a device who sound waves can put any living being to sleep. Vik, exiled from planet Nyapcha, lands with his space shuttle on the outskirts of Nischintipur. He gets to know about the machne & tries to steal it but Aghor puts him to sleep. With Agor's death the instrument is lost. 150 years later i.e. in the present day Dr.Bhootnath Nondy finds Aghor Sen's diary mentioning this device. Bhootnath deciphers the diary at a science seminar announcing his plea to search for it. Others too realize about this and want to own the machine. Begum, a gang leader, looking for an outstanding machine, sends her goons after Bhootnath to get that machine. Aghar Sen's device is in his laboratory - Patalghar. To reach there, one must solve the mysterious rhymes mentioned in the diary. Suddenly foreigners wanting to buy houses assail Nischintipur. At this juncture, Begum and Bhootnath operate in search of the machine. Kartik, a very intelligent & brave boy, lives with his uncle (Mama) Subuddhi. A lawyer reports to them that Kartik is the only legal heir of Aghor Sen's Nischintipur. Thus the duo reached there. Begum asked them to sell their house but they bluntly refused. Bhootnath meanwhile becomes Karthik's best friend. Meanwhile Vik wakes up and starts running from pillar to post looking for the device which had put him to sleep. Subuddhi joins the theatre chief of the village and searches for a unique character who could depict Mahommadi Beg in the play. He meets Vik in the forest and selects him for the character. Finally Bhootnath & Karthik unravel the path for the entrance of Patalghar and rediscover the machine. The Begum & her goons die in a duel with the alien Vik and finally Vik is once again put to sleep by the joint efforts of Bhootnath & Karthik by using the musical machine. Bhootnath flies of to Nayapcha with the unconscious Vik & Karthik remains on the earth inheriting the glorious legacy of Agharsen & Bhootnath Nandi. The great machine ultimately gets destroyed amidst all the chaos and havoc.

Cast

• Sourav Bandopadhay  ... Kartik
• Biplab Chatterjee
  Biplab Chatterjee
  Biplab Chatterjee is a Bengali Indian male actor and director of television and films.-Early life:Biplab was born on 8 July in Kolkata. In 1962, he passed higher secondary from Park Institution and graduated from Anandamohan College, an affiliate of the University of Calcutta in 1965.-Career:Biplab...
  
    ... Vik
• 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...
  
    ... Aghor Sen
• Ketaki Dutta  ... Pishima (Aghor Sen's Aunt)
• Monu Mukherjee  ... Gobinda Biswas
• Sunil Mukherjee  ... Lawyer
• Kharaj Mukhopadhyay  ... Subuddhi
• Joy Sengupta  ... Dr. Bhootnath Nandy
• Mita Vasisht  ... Begum

Crew

• Director Abhijit Chowdhury
• Producer Neti Sony Gourisaria
• Music Director Debojyoti Mishra
  Debojyoti Mishra
  Debojyoti Mishra is an Indian film composer. He became popular with his minimalist classical compositions for the film Raincoat. He also worked on a Bengali film, Chaturanga....
  
  
• Lyrics Rangan Chakraborty

Awards

• National Film Award
  • Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director
    Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director
    The Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director is a National Film Award - Golden Lotus Award, given to a feature film director's first film.The National Film Award - Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director winners:...
    
    -Abhijit Chaudhary
  • Best Cinematography
    National Film Award for Best Cinematography
    The National Film Award for Best Cinematography are given annually. The only female who has won this award is Anjuli Shukla, who won the award for her debut film, Kutty Srank . The most time winners are Santosh Sivan & K.K. Mahajan - 4 awards each for best cinematography category....
    
    -Abhik Mukhopadhyay
    Abhik Mukhopadhyay
    Abhik Mukhopadhyay is an Indian Bengali cinematographer.-Filmography:*Chukkallo Chandrudu *Shoonya *The Last Lear *Via Darjeeling *Khela *Antaheen *Ekti Tarar Khonje -Awards and nominations:...