Antarmahal: Views of the Inner Chamber (2005)

Director:

Rituparno Ghosh

Release Date:

28 October 2005 (India)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In late 19th Century, Bengal Bhubaneswar Chowdhury (Jackie Shroff) is a wealthy and tyrannical Zamidar (Squire)...

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jackie Shroff	...	Zamindar Bhubaneshwar Chaudhary
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Brij Bhushan
Roopali Ganguly	...	Zamindar's wife (as Rupa Ganguly)
Soha Ali Khan	...	Zamindar's wife
Raima Sen	...	Rukmini
Mrinal Mukherjee
Sumanta Mukherjee
Biswajit Chakraborty		(as Bishwajit Chakraborty)
Ratna Ghoshal
Dola Chakraborty
Shibani Bhattacharya
Peter Taylor
Deb Mukherjee		(as Debesh Mukherjee)
Arpan Basar		(as Arpan Bashar)
Kameshwar Mishra

Runtime:

Switzerland:118 min (Locarno Film Festival) | UK:118 min (London Film Festival)

Country:

India

Language:

Bengali | Hindi | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

India:A

Filming Locations:

Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Company:

Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (A.B.C.L.)

Quotes:

Zamindar: Have you brought the sample of your work?
Taracharan: Yes, he has got them, sir...
Taracharan: Show what have you brought?
Vrij Bhushan, a Bihari sculptor: Yes, Sir... I have got a Jhinga.
Zamindar: What have you brought a vegetable?
Zamindar: O... this a lobster... why do call it a Jhinga...
Zamindar: where did you bring him from, Taracharan?
Taracharan: Well, sir... I think they call it Jhinga in Hindi... Is it.
Zamindar: What a strange language!
Zamindar: They mix up vegetarian dish with non vegetarian dish!
[...]

Good artistic work. You will need a different view to watch and understand this movie

I appreciate this movie from artistic point of view. This movie needs a very different view to understand it. From feminine point of view, it depicts the problems and feelings of a woman and need of a child in olden days. You will also find feelings of BritishRaj that how the title of Rai Bhadur became important during Queen Victoria's time.

Anyone who see this movie please see it completely. Listen the song which runs in the end of the movie.

You will find the oppression women suffered at the hands of their so called 'Masters' husbands and priests. A lively portrait of nineteenth century Bengal. Abhishek Bachchan's role is just limited as a potter but he leaves the message and ends the movie.