Directed by: Kamaleswar Mukherjee
Produced by: Shrikant Mohta
Mahendra Soni
Written by: Kamaleswar Mukherjee
Starring: Saswata Chatterjee
Ananya Chatterjee
Abir Chatterjee
Rahul Banerjee
Joydeep Mukherjee
Abhijit Guha
Ritwik Chakrabarty
Anindya Bose
Mumtaz Sorcar
Bidipta Chakrabarty
Subhasish Mukhopadhyay
Biswajit Chakraborty
Debpratim Dasgupta
Music by: Debojyoti Mishra
Cinematography: Soumik Halder
Studio: Shree Venkatesh Films
Release date(s):
14 June 2013 (Kolkata)
Running time: 2 hours 32 minutes[1]
Country: India
Language: bangla
Meghe Dhaka Tara (IPA: Cloud Capped Star, 2013) is an Indian Bengali film directed by Kamaleswar
Mukherjee and made under Shree Venkatesh Films banners. The film is inspired from the life and works of
Bengali film director Ritwik Ghatak.[2][3] The entire film is in black and white except the last scene which
has been shot in colour.[4][5][6] In this film Saswata Chatterjee plays the character of Nilkantha Bagchi and
Ananya Chatterjee plays the role of Durga, Nilkantha's wife. The film is released on 14 June 2013. Besides
giving an account of Ghatak's life, the film also depicts the socio-political environment of contemporary West
Bengal during the Tebhaga and Naxalite movements.