Shankhachil

Shankhachil
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Bengali	শঙ্খচিল
Directed by	Goutam Ghose
Written by	Sayantani Putatunda
Screenplay by	Goutam Ghose Timir Baran
Produced by	Prosenjit Chatterjee Faridur Reza Sagar Mou Raychowdhury Habibur Rahman Khan
Starring	Prosenjit Kusum Sikder Shajbati
Cinematography	Ishaan Ghose
Edited by	Baishali Dasgupta Bhowmick Niladri Roy
Music by	Goutam Ghose
Production companies	Ashirbad Cholochitro Impress Telefilm Limited NIdeas Creations & Productions
Distributed by	Zee Studios[1] V3G Films Private Limited Priya Entertainments Pvt. Ltd
Release date	15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)
Running time	135 minutes
Countries	Bangladesh India
Language	Bengali

Shankhachil (Brahminy kite, Bengali: শঙ্খচিল) is a 2016 India-Bangladesh joint venture Bengali-language historical Drama film, written by Sayantani Putatunda, starring Prosenjit, Kusum Sikder, Shajbati and directed by Goutam Ghose. This film is named after the bird Brahminy kite which is used by many Bengali poets like Jibanananda Das.

Shankhachil was well received by Upam Buzarbaruah, writing in The Times of India.^[2] It won the Best Feature Film in Bengali award at 63rd National Film Awards. It was also selected for the Montreal World Film Festival.