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The Wrestlers (2000)

1h 39m

Running Time

The Wrestlers (2000)

Name: The Wrestlers
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 2000-08-30

1h 39m

Running Time

Plot.

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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Cast & Crew.

Jaya Seal

Uttara

Tapas Paul

Nemai

Shankar Chakraborty

Balram

Subrat Dutta

Masood Akhtar

Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Director / Writer

Saurav Das

Matthew

Anup Mukhyopadhyay

Sound Designer

Masood Akhtar

Hindu Militant

Samaresh Basu

Writer

Rabi Ranjan Moitra

Editor

Ashoke Bose

ProductionDesigner

Details.

Release Date
August 30, 2000

Original Name
উত্তরা

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 39m

Genres
Action Drama

Wiki.

Uttara (English: The Wrestlers, Bengali: উত্তরা) is a 2000 Bengali language drama film thriller directed by Bengali poet Buddhadev Dasgupta. Based on a short story by Samaresh Bose, it stars Jaya Seal as Uttara, Tapas Paul, Shankar Chakraborty, Raisul Islam Asad as a Christian missionary.

The film contrasts violence, human vices and lawlessness in a seemingly peaceful setting, in a quiet village in Purulia district in Bengal.

Uttara premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 30 August 2000 and was the winner of the festivals' Special Director award. It was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2000 and on 22 May it was shown in the US at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival The film was released in France on 13 June 2001 and won the Audience Award at the Nantes festival. It opened the Pusan Film Festival in South Korea.Buddhadeb Dasgupta won the National film awards for best direction for this movie.

Due to its homoerotic undertones, Uttara was shown at a number of gay and lesbian film festivals including the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.