Abar Aranye
Abar Aranye is an Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Goutam Ghose.
Plot
The film features the characters from Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri, returning to the forest over thirty years later. Asim, Sanjoy, Harinath and Aparna have grown old in this film; Shekhar has died. They set out on a journey to break off every link with civilisation for a few days. However, the trip turns sour when Asim and Aparna's daughter, Amrita, goes missing. It transpires that she is being held for ransom by local tribespeople. Police intervene and the kidnapped girl is returned to her parents, albeit against her own wishes.Cast
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Asim
- Sharmila Tagore as Aparna
- Subhendu Chatterjee as Sanjoy
- Gulshan Ara Akter Champa As Champa
- Tabu as Amrita
- Samit Bhanja as Hari
- Roopa Ganguly as Shimul
- Saswata Chatterjee as Saswata
- Bidipta Chakraborty as Bidipta
- Jisshu Sengupta as Jishu
- Rajatava Dutta as manager of tea estate
- Chaiti Ghoshal as wife of manager
Awards
- 2004 :BFJA Awards
- 2004 :National Award - Best Director for Goutam Ghose
- 2004 :National Award - Best Screenplay for Goutam Ghose
- 2004 :National Award - Best Supporting Actress for Sharmila Tagore
- 2003 :Nominated for Montreal World Film Festival
- 2003 :Nominated for International Film Festival of Marrakech