Charachar

Charachar (English language:Shelter of the Wings, Bengali: চরাচর) is a 1993 Bengali drama film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta based on a novel by Prafulla Roy.^[1]

Charachar
A poster for Charachar
Directed by	Buddhadev Dasgupta
Written by	Buddhadev Dasgupta, Prafulla Roy (novel)
Produced by	Gita Gope Shankar Gope
Cinematography	Soumendu Roy
Edited by	Ujjal Nandi
Music by	Biswadep Dasgupta
Production company	Gope Movies
Release date	1993 (1993)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

Lakha (Rajit Kapoor) comes from a family of bird catchers, but questions the value of catching birds. He, and the older Bhushan (Sadhu Meher), sell their caged birds to the local dealer. Lakha's wife, Sari (Laboni Sarkar), complains that he is not ambitious enough because he cares more for the birds than for her, and she starts meeting Natobar. Kalicharan, a city dealer, suggests they sell their birds directly to him. So Bhushan and Lakha take their next catch of birds on the train to Calcutta. Kalicharan invites them to a feast for the ceremony of the birds, with disastrous consequences.^[2][3]

Cast

• Shankar Chakraborty
• Indrani Haldar as Gouri
• Rajit Kapoor as Lakhinder
• Sadhu Meher as Bhushan
• Manoj Mitra
• Laboni Sarkar as Sari

Awards

• 1993 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film
• 1994 - Golden Bear (nominated) - 44th Berlin International Film Festival.^[4]