Ganadevata (1978)

Ganadevata is a Bengali-language film from 1978 directed by Tarun Majumdar, starring Soumitra Chatterjee and Kali Banerjee.

Ganadevata (transl. The People) is a 1978 Bengali drama film directed by Tarun Majumdar, based on a novel of the same name by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay. The film stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Ajitesh Bannerjee, Samit Bhanja, Rabi Ghosh and Anup Kumar in lead roles. The epic novel is set in the 1920s during the British Raj, about the breakdown of socio-economic structures, impact of industrialization and non-cooperation movement in rural Bengal. It also won its author, Bandopadhyay, the 1967 Jnanpith Award.

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