Shankhachil Movie Review
14 Apr 2016
What we know
Free as a bird. To wander. To nestle. To take flight. We are not. As India gained its much awaited independence in 1947, a race faced another struggle. Bengal was divided and hundreds of thousands of Bengalis were displaced and divided on the basis of their religion. The Hindus were forced out as East Bengal was made a part of Pakistan and the same fate lay in store for the Muslims of West Bengal. Millions became refugees in their own homeland, and thousands still bear the cross and the scar. The film is a human saga of a truncated land and how people are trying to relive their destiny.
Cast and crew
Prosenjit ChatterjeeMuntasir Chowdhury Badal
Kusum SikderLaila
Mamunur Rashid
Dipankar Dey
Prabir Mitra
Arindam Sil
Ushasie Chakraborty
Rosey Siddiqui
Priyanshu Chatterjee
Shahed AliShankhachil movie review: what critics say (1)
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Sankhachil is a film every Bengali, whatever be their religion, will connect to. It’s a film that celebrates all things Bengali, while showing the irony of the region’s divided existence.
Read the full reviewNational Film Awards: 63rd National Film Awards: Best Feature Film in Bengali
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Questions
When did Shankhachil release?
14 Apr 2016.
Who is in the cast of Shankhachil?
Prosenjit Chatterjee, Kusum Sikder, Mamunur Rashid, Dipankar Dey, Prabir Mitra, Nakul Vaid, Arindam Sil, Ushasie Chakraborty.
Who directs Shankhachil?
Goutam Ghose.
What do critics say about Shankhachil?
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