The Ascent

The Ascent (1983)


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  • Release Date: 1983-01-30
  • Runtime: 2h 24min
  • Language: हिन्दी
  • Production Country: India
  • Director: Shyam Benegal

Summary

Hari Mondal(Om Puri) is a poor village farmer who lives in the remote Bengal village of Giripur in Birbhum district with his wife, two sons, brother, an old widowed aunt Kalidashi (Gita Sen)and her daughter Panchi. The movie opens in the mid sixties when the Naxalbari uprising is spreading across Bengal and oppressed farmers are being united by youths who believe in communism and a socialist republic.

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  • Victor Banerjee

    as Jotdar Bibhutibhushan Ganguly

  • Pankaj Kapur

    as Village Teacher

  • Om Puri

    as Hari Mondal

  • Sreela Majumdar

    as Panchi

  • Jayant Kripalani

    as Senior District Magistrate Jayant Kripalani
Directing Shyam Benegal Director
Writing Shama Zaidi Writer
Camera Govind Nihalani Director of Photography
Editing Bhanudas Divakar Editor

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