Krantikaal | |
Director: | Sekhar Das |
Producer: | Shampa Bhattacharjee |
Cinematography: | Premendu Bikash Chaki |
Editing: | Debkanta Chakraborty |
Language: | Bengali |
Music: | Chirodip Dasgupta |
Krantikaal (Bengali: ক্রান্তিকাল,) is an Indian Bengali feature film directed by Sekhar Das of Mahulbanir Sereng fame.[1] It stars Roopa Ganguly, Silajit Majumder and Soumitra Chatterjee. The film won Best Direction award at the 9th Dhaka International Film Festival.
The story is of terrorism that is plaguing different parts of the Northeast as the backdrop. Rajib, a militant on the run, takes refuge in a dilapidated mansion. Roopa Ganguly stays there with her father-in-law Soumitra Chatterjee and his father Haradhan Bandopadhyay who is confined to bed and is unable to speak. This film focuses on the friction and undercurrent of tension between the lady of the house and the terrorist. It leads to a brief mutual self-discovery that gives rise to compassion.