Kaal Sandhya

Kaal Sandhya is a 1997^[1] Indian Hindi crime drama film dwelling on militancy in Assam, directed by Bhabendra Nath Saikia.^[2] The film deals with the theme of the impact of the insurgency on common people.^[3] It stars Jatin Bora, Ashish Vidyarthi, Debashree Roy, Nipon Goswami, Pranjal Saikia, Hemen Barman, Munin Barua and Mridula Baruah in the lead roles.^[4]

Kaal Sandhya
Poster of the film
Directed by	Bhabendra Nath Saikia
Written by	Bhabendra Nath Saikia
Starring	Debashree Roy Ashish Vidyarthi Jatin Bora Nipon Goswami Pranjal Saikia Hemen Barman Munin Barua Mridula Baruah
Cinematography	Raju Misra
Edited by	Ujjal Nandi
Music by	Gautam Mukherjee
Release date	1997 (1997)
Running time	124 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India in New Delhi that year and also as part of the Indian section at the Cairo International Film festival.^[5]

Plot summary

Ranjit, an educated and unemployed young man, is drawn into militancy. As armed insurgents indulge in targeted killings he too is involved in the killing of Anuradha's husband. A few days later, a professor of the local college, Banajit Dutta too is shot dead. Ranjit grows close to the family of the professor as time goes by and is tortured by guilt and remorse.^[6]

Cast

• Debashree Roy
• Ashish Vidyarthi
• Jatin Bora
• Nipon Goswami
• Hemen Barman
• Munin Barua
• Mridula Baruah
• Nikumoni Baruah
• Rajeeb Bhatacharyya
• Upakul Bordoloi
• Chetana Das
• Jayanta Das
• Sangeeta Goswami
• Arjun Guha-Thakurta
• Sanjeev Hazarika
• Baharul Islam
• Towfiq Rahman