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36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)

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36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)

36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)
36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)

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Aparna Sen's acclaimed directorial debut stars Jennifer Kendal as a lonely Anglo-Indian teacher in Kolkata produced by Shashi Kapoor for Indian cinema

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Kapoor, Shashi (Producer), 36 Chowringhee Lane, 1981 | Song-Synopsis Booklet

Kapoor, Shashi (Producer), 36 Chowringhee Lane, 1981 | Song-Synopsis Booklet

Kapoor, Shashi (Producer), 36 Chowringhee Lane, 1981 | Photographic Still

Kapoor, Shashi (Producer), 36 Chowringhee Lane, 1981 | Photographic Still

36 Chowringhee Lane is the epilogue to British colonial occupation of India marking Aparna Sen's directorial debut in Indian cinema. What connects the forsaken Violet Stoneham standing on the precipice of a diminishing empire and dying glory, to the young, educated and upcoming Bengali bourgeoisie personified by the characters of Nandita and Samaresh, is the dilapidated little mansion on Chowringhee. The address, 34 Chowringhee Lane is of supreme importance in unpacking the thrust of Sen's film. Named after the Nath Yogi, Chouranginath who established the Kalighat temple, the road connects the then village of Kalighat to the post-Plassey shift of the British from the old palisades to the commercial hub Kalikata, around the newly constructed Fort William. In its glorious days, the street was flanked by palatial houses of Sahebs which have now become an occasional resort for sexual romps...

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निर्देशक अपर्णा सेन की पहली फ़िल्म 36 चौरंगी लेन की कहानी को भारत में ब्रिटिश औपनिवेशिक शासन के खात्मे के बाद पीछे रह गए पुछल्ले की तरह पढ़ा जा सकता है। साम्राज्य का सूरज अस्त होने के बाद उसके ध्वस्त अवशेषों पर खड़ी उदास और अकेली किरदार वॉयलेट स्टोनहैम (जेनिफ़र कैंडल) को उभरते बंगाली पूंजीपति भद्रलोक के प्रतिनिधि युवा किरदारों नंदिता और समरेश से जोड़ने वाला धागा बनती है कलकत्ता की चौरंगी लेन पर स्थित एक जीर्ण-शीर्ण छोटी सी हवेली। कह सकते हैं कि यही '36, चौरंगी लेन' का पता सेन की फ़िल्म का सबसे ख़ास किरदार है और कहानी का सत्व अपने भीतर छिपाए है। कालीघाट मंदिर की स्थापना करने वाले नाथ योगी चौरंगीनाथ के नाम पर बनी यह सड़क प्लासी का युद्ध जीतने के बाद अंग्रेजों द्वारा नवस्थापित 'फ़ोर्ट विलियम' के आसपास उभरे वाणिज्यिक केंद्र कलकत्ता को तत्कालीन कालीघाट गाँव से जोड़ती थी। अपने गौरवशाली दिनों में यह गली साहबों की आलीशान हवेलियों से गुलज़ार हुआ करती थी, लेकिन अब 36 चौरंगी लेन जैसे पते युवा जोड़ों के लिए अपनी तमन्नाएँ पूरी करने के माकूल स्थल बनकर रह गए हैं। वॉयलेट इस शिक्षित भद्र जोड़े को अपने परिवार की तरह अपने जीवन में शामिल कर लेती है, लेकिन फ़िल्म के आखिर में जब उसे नंदिता के अपार्टमेंट में...

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36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)

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Art Director

Bansi Chandragupta

Assistant Directors

Amitabha Chatterjee,

Rajeev Chowdhury,

Dulal Dey

Cinematographer

Ashok Mehta

Dialogue Writer

Aparna Sen

Director

Aparna Sen

Editing

Bhanudas Divakar

Executive Producer

Dilip Bannerji

Lead Cast

Dhritiman Chatterjee,

Soni Razdaan,

Soni Razdan,

Debashree Roy,

Jennifer Kendall,

Geoffery Kendall

Lead Cast Rest

Reny Roy,

Dina Ardeshir,

Fae Soares,

Sylvia Philips

Music Director

Vanraj Bhatia

Presented by Personality

Shashi Kapoor

Producer

Shashi Kapoor

Screenplay Writer

Aparna Sen

Still Photographer

Subhash Nandy

Story Writer

Aparna Sen

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