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Alo (film)

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Alo
Directed byTarun Majumder
Screenplay byTarun Majumder
Based onKinnordol
by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
StarringRituparna Sengupta
Abhishek Chatterjee
Soumili Biswas
Bhaswar Chatterjee
Bharati Devi
Gyanesh Mukherjee
Music byArundhati Holme Chowdhury
Shibaji Chatterjee
Release date
  • 28 November 2003 (2003-11-28) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Alo (transl. The Light) is a 2003 Bengali family drama film directed by Tarun Majumder and starring Rituparna Sengupta.[1] The story is based on a short story Kinnardal by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.[2]

The film was nominated for a National Award in the category "Best Film Providing Wholesome Family Entertainment".[3]It was Third highest grossing Bengali movie in 2003. Translated into French by Anita Basu Mallick.

Plot

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Alo is an educated Kolkata based woman who comes to her husband's ancestral village after marriage. Her husband Shuvo is a teacher who works in Kolkata. Alo starts living with the poverty stricken villagers. Alo enlightens their lifestyle, morally as well as culturally. She becomes an idol of adoration. Alo gets devastated on learning about Pintu's death. She also dies while giving birth to her daughter but literally stands up to the meaning of her name Alo, which is light or ray of hope. The women of the village take the responsibility of the girl's upbringing.[4]

Cast

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Awards

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  • The film was nominated for a National Award in the category "Best Film Providing Wholesome Family Entertainment".[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Tarun Majumdar returns to direction after a gap of eight years". Hindustan Times. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Narrative of Tagore's songs used in Tarun Majumdar's Alo (2003)". Silhouette Magazine. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Alo aims for National Award". The Times of India. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  4. ^ "'Alo' (2003) - Bengali movies that broke our hearts with their tragic endings". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Alo aims for National Award". The Times of India. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
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