Bhuvan Shome

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Bhuvan Shome is a landmark 1969 Indian film by Mrinal Sen, widely credited with helping launch the New Indian Cinema movement through its innovative, low-budget, and realist storytelling.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian film
drama film
feature film
awarded National Film Award for Best Actor
National Film Award for Best Direction
surface form: National Film Award for Best Director

National Film Award for Best Feature Film
basedOn short story by Banaphool
cinematicMovement Indian parallel cinema
surface form: Indian New Wave
cinematographyBy K. K. Mahajan
countryOfOrigin India
criticalReception highly acclaimed
director Mrinal Sen
distributor National Film Development Corporation of India
surface form: Film Finance Corporation of India
editedBy Dipa Sen
format black-and-white film
hasGenre comedy-drama
historicalSignificance credited with helping launch New Indian Cinema movement
influenced development of Indian parallel cinema
subsequent low-budget Indian art films
isConsidered landmark of Indian parallel cinema
knownFor innovative storytelling
low-budget production
realist narrative style
leadCharacterName Bhuvan Shome self-link
movement Art cinema (India)
surface form: New Indian Cinema
musicBy Satyajit Ray
narrationBy Amitabh Bachchan
originalLanguage Hindi
plotFocus transformation of a strict bureaucrat
producer National Film Development Corporation of India
surface form: Film Finance Corporation of India
releaseYear 1969
runtimeMinutes 96
screenplayBy Mrinal Sen
setting rural Gujarat
stars Suhasini Mulay
Utpal Dutt
theme bureaucracy and power
humanism in everyday life
personal transformation
urban-rural contrast
timePeriodDepicted post-independence India
usesStyle documentary-like realism
experimentation with sound and editing

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Bengali cinema hasNotableFilm Bhuvan Shome
Mrinal Sen notableWork Bhuvan Shome
Indian parallel cinema notableFilm Bhuvan Shome
Bhuvan Shome leadCharacterName Bhuvan Shome self-link