Utsab

2000 film

Utsab
DVD cover of the film.
Directed by	Rituparno Ghosh
Written by	Rituparno Ghosh
Produced by	Tapan Biswas
Starring	Madhabi Mukherjee Mamata Shankar Prasenjit Chatterjee Rituparna Sengupta Pradip Mukherjee Deepankar De Arpita Pal
Cinematography	Abhik Mukhopadhyay
Edited by	Arghyakamal Mitra
Music by	Debajyoti Mishra
Distributed by	Cinemawalla
Release date	23 March 2000
Running time	119 minutes
Language	Bengali

Utsab, also written Utsav (Bengali: উৎসব utśôʋ; lit. 'Festival') is a 2000 Bengali-language drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh and stars Madhabi Mukherjee, Mamata Shankar, Rituparna Sengupta, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Pradip Mukherjee, Deepankar De and Arpita Pal. The film focuses on the various emotional currents passing among family and relatives underneath the supposedly festive occasion of Durga Puja.

Plot

This is a family drama which is portrayed on a background of Durgapuja, West Bengal's biggest "Utshob" (Festival). The story is about a cultured Bengali family, different members of which have gathered in native house on the occasion of Durga puja. Bhagabati (Madhabi Mukherjee) has four children: two sons Asit (Pradip Mukherjee) and Nishith (Bodhisattva Mazumdar) and two daughters Parul (Mamata Shankar) and Keya (Rituparna Sengupta). It is the festival time and all the children are at the main house to celebrate the festival. Meanwhile, Shishir, (Deepankar De) a relative who is also a big real estate agent, is interested in buying the house. Most of the family members want to sell the house. The old and traditional house is not a place for everyone's interest and they have individual problems to solve with money. None of the sisters are looking forward to the family reunion as they all are more concerned about their own problems.