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Nobel Chor 
Promotional Poster of Nobel ChorDirected by Suman Ghosh Produced by Ashwani Sharma Written by Suman Ghosh Starring Mithun Chakraborty
Soumitra Chatterjee
Roopa Ganguly
Saswata Chatterjee
Sankar Debnath
Sudipta Chakraborty
Arindam Sil
Harsh ChhayaMusic by Bickram Ghosh Cinematography Barun Mukherjee Running time 100 minutes Country India 
Language Bengali Budget Rs Undisclosed
website - http://www.nobelchor.comNobel Chor [1] [2] is a 2011 Bengali-language Indian feature film directed by Suman Ghosh, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Soumitra Chatterjee, Roopa Ganguly and Saswata Chatterjee. The film has been officially selected for BFI London Film Festival [3]
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Summary [4]
First Asian Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, is still revered as an Icon in India. On 24th March 2004 his Nobel medal was stolen from Shantiniketan in Bengal, where it was housed in his residence turned museum. Subsequently a nationwide furor started and a massive search operation was put in place to find the guilty. Ultimately the medal was not found and the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) dropped the case in 2010. With this in the backdrop "Nobel Chor" ( The Nobel Thief ) is a fictional account of a poor farmer, Bhanu, who circumstantially gets involved in the theft. He decides to embark on a journey to the City of Joy- Kolkata, to return/sell the prize with a view to improve his own quality of life as well as that of his improverished village.
He becomes the hope of the entire village. On arrival in the city, Bhanu encounters myriad experiences with crooks, strange memorabilla collectors, entrepreneurs who want to exploit the poor man who just has a simple of dream of being able to give his son a better future and uplift the state of his improverished village. Nobel Chor is the story of this journey through which the film explores contemporary India at its fullest- the encroach of globalization, the rural-urban divide and the state of India's villages. More importantly it is a trenchant exploration of the relevance of Tagore's philosophy in modern India.
Cast & Characters
- Mithun Chakraborty as Bhanu
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Master Moshai
- Roopa Ganguly as Diya
- Saswata Chatterjee as Hori
- Soma Chakraborty as Bhanu's wife
- Sankar Debnath as Manmatho Pagla
- Sudipta Chakraborty as Monu
- Arindam Sil as SP Birbhum
- Harsh Chhaya as Raj
Director's View
Director Suman Ghosh says that, "When the Nobel theft happened, I found it quite metaphorical. That was in my head for quite sometime. Early this year, I started wondering what might have happened to the medal. While on that, I thought this might be an interesting way to explore Tagore and his relevance to current Bengal. The medal would just serve as emblematic which would tie several threads of the narrative."
References
- ^ "Mithunda in Suman's 'Nobel Chor'". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 10 Nov 2010. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-10/news-interviews/28248627_1_tagore-santiniketan-nobel-theft. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "The Tagore Effect in Suman Ghosh's NOBEL CHOR". washingtonbanglaradio.com. 14 July 2011. http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/content/72932611-tagore-effect-suman-ghoshs-nobel-chor-bengali-2011-movie-mithun-chakraborty-soumitr. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "'Nobel Chor' has been invited at the 16th BIFF". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 17 July 2010. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-17/news-interviews/29783847_1_film-makers-asian-cinema-directorial-debut. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "Synopsis". nobelchor.com. 03 November 2011. http://www.nobelchor.com/. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
External links
Categories:- Indian films
- Bengali-language films
- Upcoming films
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