{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = Amodini | image = Amodini poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Poster | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Chidananda Dasgupta | writer = Chidananda Dasgupta | screenplay = | story = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | producer = NFDC<br>Doordarshan | starring = {{ubl|Pijush Ganguly|Rachna Banerjee|Anushree Das}} | narrator = | cinematography = Madhu Ambat | editing = Ujjal Nandi | music = C. R. Chowdhury<br /> Hrishikesh-Saurabh-Jasraj | studio = <!-- or: | production_companies = --> | distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --> | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1994}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Bengali | budget = | gross = }} '''''Amodini''''' is a 1994 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film directed by Chidananda Dasgupta. It stars Pijush Ganguly, Rachna Banerjee and Anushree Das. The film was screened at the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India on 11 January 1996.<ref name="V">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/amodini-1200445072/|title=Amodini|first=Deborah |last=Young|date=11 February 1996|work=Variety}}</ref>
Supriya Dasgupta won the National Film Award for Best Costume Design for her work in this film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=5 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184957/http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>
== Cast == *Pijush Ganguly as Pandu *Rachana Banerjee as Amodini *Anushree Das *Konkona Sen Sharma as Teenage stepmother<ref>{{Cite news |title=AmodiniUA |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/amodini/movieshow/61265627.cms |access-date=2024-04-30 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> * Ashoke Mukherjee * Tathagata Sanyal * Debika Mitra * Aparna Sen
== Reception == S. R. Ashok Kumar of ''The Hindu'' wrote that "Directed by Chidananda Dasgupta, this film has Pijush Ganguly, Rachana Banerjee, Ashoke Mukherjee, Tathagata Sanyal, Anusree Das have done their best with the help of the director. The camera by Madhu Ambat and technicians of the other departments of filmmaking have also co-operated to the maximum to make it an enjoyable film.".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.webpage.com/hindu/960113/03/1226a.html|title=The cream of Indian cinema|work=The Hindu|date=12 January 1996|page=73|first=S. R. Ashok|last=Kumar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221151607/http://www.webpage.com/hindu/960113/03/1226a.html|archive-date=21 December 1996}}</ref> Deborah Young of ''Variety'' wrote that "It’s all good fun for those who like period costumes and historical pageantry and aren’t bothered by the broad comedy of thesps who seem to be acting out a cartoon".<ref name="V"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links== *{{IMDb title|0305210}} *[https://www.highonfilms.com/amodini-1994-mubi-review/ ''High On Films'' review]
Category:Bengali-language Indian films Category:Indian romantic drama films Category:1994 Bengali-language films