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Name

Uttara

Directed by

Buddhadev Dasgupta

Produced by

Buddhadev Dasgupta
Dulal Roy

Written by

Buddhadev Dasgupta
Samaresh Bose (story)

Starring

Jaya Seal, Tapas Pal, Shankar Chakraborty, R.I. Asad

Music by

Biswadep Dasgupta

Cinematography

Asim Bose

Editing by

Raviranjan Maitra

Distributed by

Buddhadeb Dagupta Productions

Release date

2000

Running time

93 minutes

Country

India

Language

Bengali

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Uttara ( , ) is a 2000 Bengali language drama film thriller directed by Bengali poet Buddhadev Dasgupta. The film, based on a short story by Samaresh Bose stars Jaya Seal as Uttara, Tapas Pal and Shankar Chakraborty and 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.

The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 30 August 2000 and was the Winner of the festivals' Special Director award.

The film was screened at the Toronto Film Festival on 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. The film also opened the Pusan Film Festival in South Korea.

The film due to its homoerotic undetones was shown at a number of gay and lesbian film festivals including the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.