Paar
Poster
Directed byGoutam Ghose
Written byPartha Banerjee
Based onPaathi
by Samaresh Basu
StarringShabana Azmi
Naseeruddin Shah
Om Puri
Utpal Dutt
Release date
  • 21 May 1984 (1984-05-21)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Paar (translation: "The Crossing ") is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Goutam Ghose and produced by Swapan Sarkar. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri. Naseeruddin Shah won a Volpi Cup for his role as Naurangia. The film was based on Bengali story Paari by Samaresh Basu.[1][2]

Plot

The film of exploitation in rural Bihar, in which a landlord (Utpal Dutt)’s men wreck a village and kill the benevolent schoolmaster (Anil Chatterjee) who was a progressive force in the village. The labourer Naurangia (Naseeruddin Shah) breaks with a tradition to passive resistance and retaliates by killing the landlord's brother. Naurangia and his wife Rama (Shabana Azmi) become fugitives from justice. After many efforts to find sustenance elsewhere, the two decide to return home. To earn the fare, they agree to drive the herd of pigs through the river, causing the pregnant Rama to believe she has lost her baby. But they have to swim across a wide, swiftly flowing river, in which they nearly drown before reaching safety. At the end of the film Naurangia puts his ear to her belly and listens to the heartbeats of the unborn baby.

Cast

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1984 Venice International Film Festival Golden Lion Goutam Ghose Nominated [3]
UNESCO Award Won
Volpi Cup for Best Actor Naseeruddin Shah Won
1985 National Film Awards Best Feature Film in Hindi Goutam Ghose and Swapan Sarkar Won [4]
Best Actor Naseeruddin Shah Won
Best Actress Shabana Azmi Won
1986 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Best Actor Naseeruddin Shah Won
Best Actress Shabana Azmi Won
1986 Filmfare Awards Best Screenplay Goutam Ghose and Partha Banerjee Won

References

  1. ↑ Bubla Basu (4 August 2017). "Book versus movie: Swimming pigs and a perfectly adapted short story in Goutam Ghose's 'Paar'". scroll.in. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Gulazar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia Of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 357. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
  3. ↑ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1984". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "32nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2020.


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