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Bhuvan Shome

film by Sen [1969]
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Bhuvan Shome (1969) is a landmark Indian film directed by Mrinal Sen. It is widely considered the first film of India's parallel cinema or new wave movement. The film, made in Hindi, stars Utpal Dutt as a lonely bureaucrat on holiday who encounters the wife of a ticket collector accused of bribery.1

Bhuvan Shome is noted for its improvisational style, sardonic humor, and naturalistic portrayal of rural India. This film brought Sen national acclaim and is regarded as his greatest work. The parallel cinema movement, which Bhuvan Shome helped pioneer, focused on social and political realities, rejecting the conventions of commercial films.12

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