Alo (film)

Alo (English: 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] It was shown in Bengal cinemas for eight months and broke several box office records.[3]

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 Hom Choudhury
Release date
  • 28 November 2003 (2003-11-28) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

The film was nominated for a National Award in the category "best film providing popular and wholesome entertainment".[4]

Plot

Alo is an educated Kolkata based woman come to her husband's ancestral village after marriage. Her husband Shuvo is a teacher 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. She dies while giving birth to her daughter but literally stands up to the meaning of her name Alo, means light or ray of hope.[5]

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References
  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. "America to bestow Tarun". Screen India. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  4. "Alo aims for National Award". The Times of India. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  5. "'Alo' (2003) - Bengali movies that broke our hearts with their tragic endings". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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