Title of film : The Eyes

Director Name : Utpalendu Chakrabarty

Cast & crew :

Producer : WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT

Editor : BULU GHOSH

Cast :

  1. 1. SHYAMANANDA JALAN
  2. 2. BIPLAB CHATTOPADHYAY
  3. 3. MADHABI MUKHOPADHYAY
  4. 4. SRILA MAJUMDAR

Synopsis : The film is set in during the Emergency period in December 1975. Jadunath a labour union leader, of Jethia Jute Mill in Kolkata has been given death sentence, for the murders of owner Jethia’s brother, and another worker, even though he never committed them. Before dying, he pledges his eyes for donation. However, when the mill owner finds about this, he tries to manipulate the medical system to get both the eyes for his blind son. Meanwhile, the doctor discovers that the donation papers provided by the Jethia to be fake. Soon the mill workers get united behind the widow of Jadunath and hold protest rally against the injustice.

Director Bio : Birth: - 1948, Pabna, Bangladesh First Film: - Moyna Tadanta 1980 Critically Acclaimed Film: - Chokh 1983 Notable Films: - Debshishu Awards & Honours: - • Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 28th National Film Awards in 1980 for Moyna Tadanta • National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh • National Film Award for Best Direction at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh • Berlin International Film Festival OCIC Award in 1983 for Chokh • National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film at the 32nd National Film Awards in 1984 for Music of Satyajit Ray

Filmography :

  1. 1. Moyna Tadanta ( 1980 )
  2. 2. Debshishu ( )