Parashuram (1979 film)

Parashuram (Bengali: পরশুরাম; English title The Man with the Axe) is a 1979 Bengali drama film directed and co-written by Mrinal Sen. It was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.^[1]

Parashuram
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Mrinal Sen
Written by	Mohit Chattopadhya Mrinal Sen
Starring	Arun Mukherjee
Cinematography	Ranjit Roy
Edited by	Gangadhar Naskar
Release date	February 1979 (1979-02) (Berlin)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Cast

• Arun Mukherjee as Parashuram (as Arun Mukhopadhyay)
• Bibhas Chakraborty
• Sreela Majumdar as Alhadi
• Samaresh Banerjee (as Samaresh Bandyopadhyay)
• Jayanta Bhattacharya as Beggar
• Reba Roy Chowdhury
• Sujal Roy Chowdhury (as Sajal Roy Chowdhury)
• Arati Das
• Anuradha Debi (as Anuradha Deb)
• Radharani Devi
• Shailen Ganguli (as Shailen Gangopadhyay)

Awards

• National Film Award for Best Actor - Arun Mukherjee
• National Film Award for Best Editing - Gangadhar Naskar
• National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film) - Mrinal Sen