Uttara

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• Genre(s): Drama, Action
• Language(s): বাংলা (Bengali)
• Director(s): Buddhadeb Dasgupta
• Cast(s): Jaya Seal, Tapas Pal, Shankar Chakraborty, Subrat Dutta, Masood Akhtar See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 39min
• Award(s): Audience 2000 (Won)
  Golden Lion 2000 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: Kakababur Protyaborton, Asur
• Story:
  In the pastoral expanse of rural Bengal, in Purulia district, single railroad workers and best friends Balaram (Shankar Chakraborty) and Nemai (Tapas Pal) spend their days wrestling on a hill with little work to speak of because the fact that their flag station has only a couple of trains to be flagged off or signalled to. Wrestling, however, despite its aggression and physical combat, turns into an expression of close bonding for Nimai and Balaram, a bond already established through their complementary work at the flag station. Wrestling, for them, is a way of releasing physical energy and a form of dynamic entertainment.
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