Dahan 1998 Directed by Rituparno Ghosh দহন

On her way home the newlywed Romita is molested by five men. The only one who has the courage to help is the young female teacher Jhinuk. Because of that she becomes a heroine and is on all papers' front page. But the page is turning: As not only the police but also neighbours begin to ask embarrassing questions the two women are eventually intimidated and the five men are getting free with the help of corruption and male domination.

Country India
Production Country India
Language Bengali
Spoken Language Bengali
Gnere Drama
Production Company Angel Digital Private Limited
Release Date 17 February 1998
145 mins
Cast
Rituparna Sengupta Romita Chaudhury
Abhishek Chatterjee Polash Chaudhury
Indrani Haldar Srobona Sarkar (Jhinuk)
Mamata Shankar Romita's Sister-in-Law
Shakuntala Barua Jhinuk's Mother
Shiboprosad Mukherjee Jhinuk's Brother
Sanjib Dasgupta Jhinuk's fiancé
Suchitra Mitra Jhinuk's Grandmother
Subhendu Chatterjee Romita's Father
Dibya Bhattacharya Romita's Father-in-Law
Nirmal Kumar Chakrabarti Government Lawyer
Chandni Prostitute
Haramjadi Prostitute
Rabi Ranjan Moitra Gang Leader