Ullas Explained

Ullas
Director:Iswar Chakraborty
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Country:India
Language:Bengali

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 in the banner of R.N.R. Enterprise.[4] [5] Writer Mahasweta Devi acted herself in the film in the role of Basuli goddess.[6]

Plot

Kanna, a young tribal boy appears for the police constable examination at the time of 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 with 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

Notes and References

  1. News: Ullas. Chatterji. Shoma A. 28 July 2012. The Indian Express. 21 March 2019.
  2. News: Making a new life on stage. Banerjee. Sudeshna. 21 June 2012. The Telegraph. India. 21 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Mahasweta Devi in film based on her own story. 10 September 2018.
  4. Web site: Ullas Movie Review. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 10 September 2018.
  5. Web site: Ullas (2012) Premieres at Nandan in Kolkata. 10 September 2018.
  6. Web site: ULLASH (2012) Bangla Movie Preview from Nandan Cinema Kolkata. washingtonbanglaradio.com. 10 September 2018.