Ekdin Achanak
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(Suddenly, One Day)

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It is the story of a man -- of one among many. Suddenly one day the man, a retired professor, disappears. Days roll into months, life goes on, but the children and the wife keep on looking back. The lost man appears on the scene over and over again -- all fragmented encounters between him and others, all that happened in the past which freely intermingle with the present. Thus, through unceasing dialogue between the past and the present, life of the interior begins to unfold itself revealing receptions an diverse levels and eventually cutting the man to his size.

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Language:  Hindi (1989, Colour)
Screenplay:  Mrinal Sen
​Direction:  Mrinal Sen
Producer:  N.F.D.C.
Story:  Ramapada Chowdhury
Camera:  K.K. Mahajan
Music:   Jyotishka Dasgupta
Cast: Shriram Lagoo
          Shabana Azmi
          Uttara Baokar
          Aparna  Sen
          Rupa Ganguly
Awards & Nominations: 
          National Award - Best Supporting  Actress
          (Uttara Baokar)
          Venice Film Festival: Official Selection
          Venice Film Festival: OCIC Award, Honorable Mention
​          Nantes Three Continents Festival: Official Selection

Shriram Lagoo and Aparna Sen

Shabana Azmi.
​The painting of the horse in the background can be found in many of his films. He got this Chinese painting as a gift while making Neel Akasher Nichey.

Rupa Ganguly and Shabana Azmi.

Mrinal Sen explaining a scene to Rupa Ganguly, Anil Chatterjee, and Aparna Sen.

Uttara Baokar and Shabana Azmi.

Mrinal Sen, Sriram Lagoo, and Shabana Azmi.

Shriram Lagoo.

A book mark used in the film, which was found inside a book that the missing professor was reading. The handwriting here is actually Mrinal Sen's.