Choker Bali: A Passion Play (2003)
Chokher Bali (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 47min
- Drama
- 02 Oct 2003 (India)
- Movie
- 4 wins & 2 nominations.
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Cast
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | ... |
Binodini
(as Aishwarya Rai)
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Prasenjit Chatterjee | ... |
Mahendra
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Raima Sen | ... |
Ashalata
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Lily Chakravarty | ... |
Rajlakshmi, Mahendra's mother
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Tota Roy Chowdhury | ... |
Behari
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Sonali Chakrabarti |
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Sudeshna Roy |
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Mousumi Saha |
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Suchita Ray Chaudhury |
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Zarin Chowdhury |
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Abhishek Bose |
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Bharati Devi | ... |
Dying woman at varanasi
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Charlotte Hayward | ... |
Vomiting missionary
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Shadman Mahtab Mihad | ... |
Angel
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Josh Ilah Islam Nitol | ... |
Princess
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Naima Nigar Shuvra | ... |
Angel
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Directed by
Rituparno Ghosh |
Written by
Rituparno Ghosh | ... | (screenplay) (as Rituporno Ghosh) |
Rabindranath Tagore | ... | (novel) |
Produced by
Shrikant Mohta | ... | producer |
Mahendra Soni | ... | producer |
Music by
Debojyoti Mishra | ... | (as Debajyoti Mishra) |
Cinematography by
Avik Mukhopadhyay | ... | (as Aveek Mukhopadhyay) |
Editing by
Arghakamal Mitra | ... | (as Arghyakamal Mitra) |
Art Direction by
Indranil Ghosh |
Costume Design by
Sushanta Pal | ... | (2003) |
Anna Singh | ... | (as costume designer) |
Makeup Department
Md. Azad | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sangeeta Datta | ... | associate director |
Sandipan Majumdar | ... | assistant director |
Singh Sharanjit | ... | assistant director (as Sharanjeet Singh) |
Sound Department
Bishwadeep Chatterjee | ... | sound (as Biswadeep Chatterjee) |
Muppala Kiran Kumar | ... | sound |
Gayadhar Nayek | ... | foley artist |
Camera and Electrical Department
Sampad Ray | ... | assistant camera |
Music Department
Ritajaya Banerjee | ... | music assistant |
Sanjoy Das | ... | music associate |
Nirmalya Dey | ... | musician: flutes & woodwinds |
Debabrata Dutta | ... | singer |
Additional Crew
Sudipta Chakraborty | ... | voice dubbing: Raima Sen |
Shailja Gupta | ... | International Marketing Head |
Sreela Majumdar | ... | voice dubbing: Aishwarya Rai |
Arindam Mukherjee | ... | researcher |
Thanks
Rakhee Gulzar | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Bodega Films (2006) (France) (theatrical)
- Bodega Films (2007) (France) (DVD)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
The book, Binodini, is the story of a young woman, who is left to her own devices when her sickly husband dies soon after they are married. She returns to her village and lives there for a couple of months until she sees one of her relations passing by there on her way to somewhere else. Binodini hails the woman and the two soon agree that it would be best if Binodini came to live with the woman and her son, Mahendra (who, by the way, was one of the first to see Binodini's photo when she was unwed and up for grabs yet refused her on account of his being "unready for marriage"). Now, when the two arrive the woman's son and his new bride are in the throes of passion, constantly sneaking off to be alone together; this infatuation does not last long, however, when Mahendra begins to see that his wife's friend, Binodini, is more his type. The story details the lives of these three and Mahendra's best friend as they deal with certain issues as distrust, adultery, lies, and numerous fallings-out between them. The movie correctly depicts what Tagore so skillfully wrote and is a sad, stirring tale of the deceit and sorrow that come from being unsatisfied and unhappy. Written by gavin (gunmasterM@hotmail.com) |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Though she is one of the highest paid actresses, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan did this film for free. See more » |
Goofs | Binodini comes to Kolkata before the Ambubachi festival, which falls in the month of June. But while talking to Behari in the picnic scene she says that she has been here since Shravana (mid July to mid August). See more » |
Movie Connections | Version of Chokher Bali (1938). See more » |