| Chinnamul | |
|---|---|
 A scene from the film Chinnamul | |
| Directed by | Nemai Ghosh |
| Story by | Swarnakamal Bhattacharya |
| Produced by | Bimal Dey |
| Starring | Gangapada Basu Bijon Bhattacharya Ritwik Ghatak Shobha Sen |
| Cinematography | Nemai Ghosh |
| Edited by | Gobardhan Adhikari |
| Music by | Kalabran Das |
Production company | Desa Pictures |
| Distributed by | Union Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Chinnamul (alternate spelling Chhinnamul, lit. The Uprooted) was a 1950 Bengali film directed by Nemai Ghosh.[1][2] This was the first Indian film that dealt with the partition of India. The story revolved around a group of farmers from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) who were forced to migrate to Calcutta because of the partition of Bengal in 1947.[3] Russian film director Vsevolod Pudovkin came to Calcutta at that time, watched this film, and being inspired, he bought the print of this film to release in Russia. The film was shown in 188 theaters in Russia.[4]
- ^ Indu Ramchandani (2000). Students' Britannica India: Select essays. Popular Prakashan. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-85229-762-9. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ Laura E. Ruberto; Kristi M. Wilson (2007). Italian Neorealism and Global Cinema. Wayne State University Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-8143-3324-2.
- ^ Jonathan Crow (2013). "The Uprooted (1950)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Chinnamul" (in Bengali). 17 December 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2012.