Shankhachil

Shankhachil
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Bengali	শঙ্খচিল
Directed by	Gautam Ghosh
Written by	Sayantani Putatunda
Screenplay by	Gautam Ghosh Timir Baran
Produced by	Prasenjit Chatterjee Faridur Reza Sagar Mou Raychowdhury Habibur Rahman Khan
Starring	Prosenjit Kusum Sikder Shajbati
Cinematography	Sunirmal Majumder
Edited by	Baishali Dasgupta Bhowmick Niladri Roy
Music by	Gautam Ghosh
Production companies	Ashirbad Cholochitro Impress Telefilm Limited NIdeas Creations & Productions
Distributed by	V3G Films Private Limited Priya Entertainments Pvt. Ltd
Release date	15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)
Running time	135 minutes
Countries	Bangladesh India
Language	Bengali

Shankhachil (Brahminy kite, Bengali: শঙ্খচিল) is a 2016 India-Bangladesh joint venture Bengali-language historical Drama film, written by Sayantani Putatunda, starring Prosenjit, Kusum Sikder, Shajbati and directed by Goutam Ghose. This film is named after the bird Brahminy kite which is used by many Bengali poets like Jibanananda Das.

Shankhachil was well received by Upam Buzarbaruah, writing in The Times of India.^[1] It won the Best Feature Film in Bengali award at 63rd National Film Awards. It was also selected for the Montreal World Film Festival.

Plot[]

It is a story of a simple village couple from Bangladesh who come to Taki for the treatment of their ailing daughter named Rupsha. Their life and struggle are portrayed in the film.

Cast[]

• Prosenjit Chatterjee as Muntasir Chowdhury Badal
• Kusum Sikder as Laila
• Shajbati as Rupsha
• Shahed Ali
• Ushasie Chakraborty
• Priyanshu Chatterjee as BSF officer Ravi Verma (cameo)
• Deepankar De
• Prabir Mitra
• Mamunur Rashid
• Rajesh Shinde
• Rosey Siddiqui
• Arindam Sil
• Nakul Vaid

Awards and nominations[]

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