Janani (1993 film)

Janani (1993 film)
Directed by	Sanat Dasgupta
Produced by	Sanat Dasgupta
Screenplay by	Partha Banerjee Ashutosh Sarkar Sanat Dasgupta
Story by	Mahasweta Devi
Starring	Roopa Ganguly Debesh Roy Chowdhury Shuvojit Dasgupta Gyanesh Mukherjee
Music by	Partha Sengupta
Edited by	Prosanto Dey
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Janani (Bengali : জননী, Jononee) is a 1993 Bengali film directed and produced by Sanat Dasgupta with a financial assistance from National Film Development Corporation of India. The film narrates an isolated life between a boy and his ostracized mother who is believed to be a witch in the village she lives in. It is based on a Bengali short story named Baen (Bengali: বাঁয়েন) written by the renowned Bengali authoress Mahasweta Devi. It was scripted by Partha Banerjee, Ashutosh Sarkar and Sanat Dasgupta himself. The music of the film was scored by Partha Sengupta. It stars Roopa Ganguly in the central role.

The film won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues in 1993 for its delicate portrayal of an obscurantist practice like witchcraft, prevalent in certain parts of the country. The film was internationally screened under the title Mother. For its social issues, this film attracted huge attention at several international film festivals. It was nominated for the Crystal Globe Award but lost to Mariano Barroso's film My Soul Brother (1994). It won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 1994. It was also screened in the category "Cinema of Today : Reflections of Our Time" at the Montreal World Film Festival, 1994. It was also screened at several other international film festivals including Cairo International Film Festival, 1994 and Dhaka International Film Festival, 1994 as closing film. The film was not theatrically released in India.

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