Chorus is a 1974 Bengali film directed by noted Indian art film director Mrinal Sen under the banner of Mrinal Sen Productions. It was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize.
Synopsis The film is a socio-political satire with a fairy tale opening. A bard sings praise to the gods, who have descended to the earth with the mission of generating jobs. The gods create 100 jobs, but when 30,000 applicants line up for these jobs, the result is massive unrest.
Cast Utpal Dutt Asit Bandopadhyay Sekhar Chatterjee Rabi Ghosh Dilip Roy Haradhan Banerjee Ajoy Bannerjee Subhendu Chatterjee Gita Sen Rasaraj Chakraborty Supantha Bhattacharjee
Awards National Film Award for Best Feature Film National Film Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-white) – K. K. Mahajan National Film Award for Best Music Direction – Ananda Shankar Bengal Film Journalist Award for Best Supporting Actor- Asit Bandopadhyay
References
External links
On the Mrinal Sen website