| Ganadevata | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tarun Majumdar |
| Screenplay by | Tarun Majumdar Rajen Tarafdar Arnab Majumdar (dialogue) |
| Based on | Ganadevata (1942) by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay |
| Produced by | Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal |
| Starring | Soumitra Chatterjee Ajitesh Bannerjee Samit Bhanja Nilkantha Sengupta Rabi Ghosh Anup Kumar |
| Cinematography | Shakti Banerjee |
| Edited by | Ramesh Joshi |
| Music by | Hemanta Mukherjee |
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Running time | 172 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Ganadevata(Bengali: গণদেবতা) (transl. The People) is a 1978 Bengali drama film directed by Tarun Majumdar, based on a novel of the same name by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay.[1] The film stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Ajitesh Bannerjee, Samit Bhanja, Rabi Ghosh and Anup Kumar in lead roles. The epic novel is set in the 1920s during the British Raj, about the breakdown of socio-economic structures, impact of industrialization and non-cooperation movement in rural Bengal. It also won the writer Bandopadhyay, the1967Jnanpith Award.[2][3]
At the 26th National Film Awards (1978), it won the award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Child Artist Award for Kanchan De Biswas.[4]