Parashuram (1979 film)

Parashuram (পরশুরাম; English title The Man with the Axe) is a 1979 Bengali drama film directed and co-written by Mrinal Sen. It was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.

Cast

 * Arun Mukherjee as Parashuram (as Arun Mukhopadhyay)
 * Bibhas Chakraborty
 * Sreela Majumdar as Alhadi
 * Samaresh Banerjee (as Samaresh Bandyopadhyay)
 * Jayanta Bhattacharya as Beggar
 * Reba Roy Chowdhury
 * Sujal Roy Chowdhury (as Sajal Roy Chowdhury)
 * Arati Das
 * Anuradha Debi (as Anuradha Deb)
 * Radharani Devi
 * Shailen Ganguli (as Shailen Gangopadhyay)

Awards

 * National Film Award for Best Actor - Arun Mukherjee
 * National Film Award for Best Editing - Gangadhar Naskar
 * National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film) - Mrinal Sen