Moner Manush [2011].DVD.Bengali Movie

Moner Manush [2011]

India and Bangladesh Co-production Film.

A Goutom Ghosh Film.

Cast:
Prosenjit Chatterjee as Lalan
Priyanshu Chatterjee as Jyotirindranath Tagore
Chanchal Chowdhury as Kaluah
Raisul Islam Asad as Siraj Saain
Gulshan Ara Champa as Padmabati
Tathoi as Golapi
Paoli Dam as Komli
Shuvra Kundu as Bhanumati
Shantilal Mukherjee
Anirban Guha as Mir Musharaf Hussain
Shahed Ali as Duddu Shah

Plot: Rabindranath Tagore’s elder brother Jyotirindranath Tagore, a Western educated bright young man from the 19th century Bengal met the octogenarian Lalan Fakir and drew a portrait of the poet saint in the former houseboat afloat on the river Padma. Jyotirindranath, an urban intellectual exchange views with the man of native wisdom. Their exchange of ideas forms the cinematic narrative of this film. The narrative is a saga of the life and time of Lalan Fakir and his liberal sect who lived a life of high order in an otherwise superstitious 19th century Indian society. Lalan inherited the best of the liberal and enlightened tradition of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam to develop a philosophy of life which is extremely secular and tolerant. Thus became an easy prey for the fundamentalists from the Hindu and the Muslim institutions. They [THEY?]were the parallel stream flowing freely in the heart of rural Bengal when men like Tagore were germinating ideas of the Bengal Renaissance. The love and compassion of Lalan is relevant more than ever in today’s world of intolerance and hate.

Awards:
The movie has been awarded the Best Film at the 41st International Film Festival of India held at Goa from 22 Nov to 02 Dec 2010. It is one of the best movies ever.

Duration: 2:26:51
Language: Bengali