Bhuvan Shome

The film follows Bhuvan Shome, a strict civil servant who embarks on a hunting trip in Gujarat where he learns to appreciate nature with the help of a young woman named Gouri, but ultimately realizes the limitations of his own abilities as a hunter and grants clemency to a railwayman upon his return. Bhuvan Shome is a 1969 Indian Bengali-language Comedy Drama film starring Utpal Dutt, Suhasini Mulay, Shekhar Chatterjee, Sadhu Meher, Punya Das, Rochak Pandit and Amitabh Bachchan. Bhuvan Shome was Produced by Mrinal Sen Productions. Bhuvan Shome is written by Badrinath, Balaichand Mukherjee, Mrinal Sen, Satyendra Sharma, Yagya Sharma and Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay and it is directed by Mrinal Sen. Bhuvan Shome was released on 12th May 1969 and takes a screen time of 96 minutes. Bhuvan Shome was made on a budget of ₹43 lakh and at the box office it grossed only ₹22 lakh. Cinematography was done by K. K. Mahajan. The music was composed by Vijay Raghav Rao. At the 1970 National Film Awards It won 3 awards including: Best Film, Best Direction and Best Feature Film. At the 1970 National Film Awards It also won an award for Best Actor (Utpal Dutt).