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THE CHILD GOD (Debshishu) (Utpalendu Chakraborty/ 1985/ 107 mins/ Bengali/ Social)
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Festival Participation / Awards

Bengal Film Journalists award for Best Indian Film / Locarno Film Festival - Gold Medal by the Jury of Youth for Director and authenticity, reflected in the film and Ecumenical Jury Award

Director/Story : Utpalendu Chakraborty
Screenplay/Music : Utpalendu Chakraborty
Editor : Balu Ghosh
Cast : Smita Patil, Sadhu Meher, Rohini Hattangady, Om Puri

 

1985/ 107 Mins/ Bengali/ Social 

Raghubir and Sita, a rural couple driven to desperation by poverty, arrive at the house of Sita's elder brother Ganesh in another village. Raghubir finds that the entire village is agog with news of the arrival of a Child-God who will bless all those who will pay him obeisance and seek favours-- all, naturally, for a small entrance fee. Raghubir eagerly joins the winding queque of needy impoverished villagers looking for miracles to solve their problems. The custodians of this child-God are Hanuman and Prasad, the magician duo who had visited the village earlier and convinced him to part with a freak child born to his wife, for a small compensation. Raghubir quickly realizes that the Child-God, with three heads and four arms, is none other than that freak child. Religion and blind faith now take a back seat as Raghubir stakes a desperate claim for a share in the racket.

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