Muktodhara

Muktodhara (2012)

মুক্তধারা

Muktodhara is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy.This is a story of about the prisoners of a correctional home ‒ Presidency jail who all have a dark past life but here they are being reformed day by day.

Date of release
2012-08-03
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 40m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee

Casting

Interesting facts

Muktodhara is a 2012 Indian Bengali-language prison film directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy. This is a story about the prisoners of a presidency correctional home, who all have a dark past life but here they are being reformed day by day.

Production

Nigel Akkara was a hardened criminal, who had resisted all attempts of reformation till a renowned dancer visited the Presidency Correctional Home and began a therapy session.

Alokananda Ray decided to stage the dance drama, Valmiki Pratibha, by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. The actors were selected from among jailbirds and Nigel played the lead role of dacoit Ratnakar, who transforms into sage Valmiki.

That play transformed Nigel in real life. It also helped in opening new avenues for him following his release from prison in 2009 after serving a nine-year term.

“I was mesmerized by the acceptance that I got after Valmiki Pratibha. Sometimes, looking at my past, I have wondered whether I deserve such love and affection,” said Nigel, who now owns a cleaning and security agency and employs several former convicts.

Nigel's big break came when he got the chance to play the lead role opposite Rituparna Sengupta in Muktodhara.

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