Ullas is a Bengali social drama film directed by Ishwar Chakraborty[1] and produced by Sankar Sarkar. This film was based on three short stories of Mahasweta Devi[2] namely Daur, Mahadu Ekti Rupkatha and Anno Aranya.[3] This movie was released on 29 June 2012 under the banner of R.N.R. Enterprise.[4][5] Writer Mahasweta Devi acted in the film in the role of Basuli goddess.[6][3]
| Ullas | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Iswar Chakraborty |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Plot
editKanna, a young tribal boy appears for the police constable examination in summer and drops dead at the examination venue. Suddenly he comes alive on his journey to the morgue and starts running. The second story revolves around the struggle of Mahadu, a Korku tribe boy of Maharashtra. He grows to enormous size up to the mark, hunger and energy and destroys all the buildings around Mumbai that were built on the forest land, which is his native place. Anna is the protagonist of the third story. She is a girl of Lodha tribe of Medinipur, West Bengal. A rich wood merchant's son sexually exploits her and she becomes pregnant. Anna takes her revenges.
Cast
edit- Soumitra Chatterjee as Dr. Mathai
- Tapas Paul as Annada Goldar
- Satabdi Roy as Sumitra
- Shankar Chakraborty as Mr.Kambli
- Biplab Chatterjee as Dikpal
- Mahasweta Devi as Basuli Goddess
- Sadhana Hazra as Anna
- Dolly Basu as Dipkal's wife
- Amit Das as Kanna
- Shanta Sarkar
- Sandhya Sarkar
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Chatterji, Shoma A (28 July 2012). "Ullas". The Indian Express. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ Banerjee, Sudeshna (21 June 2012). "Making a new life on stage". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Mahasweta Devi in film based on her own story". Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Ullas Movie Review". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Ullas (2012) Premieres at Nandan in Kolkata". Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "ULLASH (2012) Bangla Movie Preview from Nandan Cinema Kolkata". washingtonbanglaradio.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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