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

References

1. "Kalsandhya". osianama.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
2. "Assamese film to be screened in London". Hindustan Times. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
3. "Cinema of the North East: From Jahnu Barua to Rima Das, voices of note from the region". Firstpost. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
4. "Kaal Sandhya". IMDb. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
5. "The man and his magic". The Hindu. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
6. "Kaal Sandhya". Cinemas of India. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

External links

Kaal Sandhya at IMDb