User:Swabhoomi

'This film is based on the famous novel “Adhoba” ( married but undeclared widow according to Hindu society) written by Mahashweta Devi. Saraswati (Debosree Roy), the main protagonist of the story is a simple housewife who stays in a village called Shantigram along with her husband Haran (Debesh Roychoudhury) and their two kids Mukul and Parul. The State government decides to give away vast tracts of village land which is very fertile (Teen fosholi jomi) to an industrialist (George Baker)to set up Industry. The villagers realize the impact of this move on their lives as farmers. They will be losing their livelihood and job as farmers once their land is gone! How will they survive? Herein starts the confrontation between life and livelihood. The unwillingness of the villagers to give up their land leads to a strong reprisal from the Government machinery and local goons of the ruling party and the unwillingness of the villagers to give up their land leads to mass destruction and gruesome killings in the village. “Civil War thus rages across Shantigram for the control of the cultivated land for industry.”Haran, who had no land of his own does not participate in the protest, his only concern is educating his children and taking care of his family. On the other hand Saraswati is actively involved in the protest movement along with the other villagers. Sudipto (Tapash Pal) is another main leader of Shantigram under whose leadership the villagers are protesting against the land snatchers to set up industries in the fertile lands of the farmers. Ishwar Singh (Jackie Shroff), is a famous police officer(encounter specialist) holding the post of ACP who stays in Kolkata with his wife Parna (Satabdi Roy) and his ten year old son Amaan. Ishwar Singh is the one who is being sent to Shantigram by a Home Department of the state government and is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining the law and order of Shantigram. But when he realizes he is supporting the wrong cause his mental conflict starts. The ground reality of the situation only hits him, when he reaches Shantigram, and he begins to

see the agitator’s point of view. Torn between his duty, his family and the truth of the situation he retaliates by taking a different stance than the role entrusted to him by his seniors.His wife Parna also misunderstands him for compromising just for the sake of keeping his job. He has his job on one side and his consciousness on the other. It does not permit him and he retaliates by taking a different stance. Ritoban (Priyanshu Chatterjee), is a T.V reporter who genuinely reports about the massacre and killings in the village which eventually leads to his suspension. Sneha (Sneha Chakarvarty),another electronic media journalist also plays an active role in disseminating information regarding the sad status of the village. Some international journalists from France and England also come to this village and report about the pathetic reality of the farmers of Shantigram. Amitabh (Samrat Mukherjee) is an Inspector in the Police Department who follows Ishwar’s instructions as he is also sent to Shantigram to restore peace and order there. His fiancé Shristi (Tanusree Chakravarty) is an investigative journalist and is covering reality bites of Shantigram. Their deep romantic relationship gets affected by their clash of ideologies as the Shantigram incidents create a mental vacuum between them. The situation becomes unmanageable as clashes continue, so Vijay Raj (Asmit Patel), a CBI from Delhi comes to investigate the case. The story takes a twist when Saraswati (Debosree Roy) is frantically searching for her husband Haran who is missing. As the story unfolds everyone searches for Saraswati’s husband Haran. Will they be successful in handing over Haran to his wife Saraswati…is the story. Swabhoomi is inspired by a true story and is dedicated to those who lost their lives fighting for their own land. Civil War rages for control of forcibly occupied agricultural land For setting up Industry Hundreds have lost their lives and thousands have lost their livelihood And have became Refugees None of them have ever seen an Industry!!!'''

Star cast

1. Jackie Shroff (Iswar Singh  IPS Police officer )

2. Debosree Roy (Saraswati )

3. Tapash Pal   ( Sudipta  Adhikari )

4. Satabdi Roy (Wife of Iswar Singh )

5. Priyanshu Chatterjee (Ritobrata  Mukherjee) 6. Ashmit Patel  (Vijay Raj) 7. Sneha Chakravarty ( Sruti   TV Journalist ) 8 Samrat Mukherjee (Asst  of Isswar Singh ) 9. Tanusree Chakravarty (Shristi  Print Media Journalist  ) 10. Devesh RoyChoudhury (Haran / Husband of Saraswati ) 11. Monoj Mitra(Jadu Kaka of Haran ) 12. George Baker (Industrialist ) 13. Pradeep Mukherjee  (Home Minister ) 14. Dulal lahiri  (DGP) 15. Borun Chandra (Chief Minister )/ Dr B.D.Mukherjee (Industry Minister) 16 .Atish Bhattacharya / Supriya / Abhishek and Sweety (Band Group ) 17. KALYAN Chatterjee And Amlan Chatterjee Buddhadev Bhattarchrya 18. Dimpy Mahajon (Iteam Girl) DIALOUGE :                            PRITAM MUKHERJEE / UJJAL/ SAGARIKA/DOLLAR DOP                             :     KAUSHIK MANDOL (FTII) Associate Director    Arun Guhathakurata CREATIVE HEAD             :   Sagarika  Chatterjee EDITOR                        :   SANJEEV DUTTA  (NATIONAL AWARD WINNER) MUSIC                         : BAPPI  LAHIRI  / GOURAV CHATTERJEE  ( LAKHSMICHARA ) LYRICS                          : UJJAL  CHATTERJEE /ANIRBAN  BASU  / GOUTAM SUSMIT SUNG BY                     : SHAAN /BAPPi / SUNIDHI /JUNE  BANERJEE/ SAYAK  /KANAI BOUL  / MOUMITA Post production Designer :   Tapash Chakravarty Line producer    :  ANANTHARAMAN PURANAM

CO PRODUCER :  ADITYA  SHASTRY and  SAGARIKA CHATTERJEE

Produced by  Sonika Singh Bhatti /Vimal Lahoti / Deepak Chandak /Ujjal Chatterjee BACK GROUND MUSIC : SANJAY CHOWDHURY TECHNICAL EFFIGY 435 CINEMASCOPE WITH 3PUF ULTRA PRIME LENSE 235 CAMERA WITH STEADY CAM COMPLETE DIGITALINTERMEDIATE FILM •	CAMERA EQUIPMENTS:  PRIME FOCUS / •	POST PRODUCTION (EDITING /DUBBING / SOUND MATCHING :  PRASAD  STUDIO (KOLKATA )         RE-RECORDING /MIXING BY SOUND RECORDIST:  ANUP DEV (BALAJI STUDIO )     D I /DEVLOPING /TELE CINE  PROCESSING      :    PRASAD LABORATORY  (MUMBAI)    PRESENTED     BY                      ASHTAMI FILMS &  UJJAL CHATTERJEE CREATIONS        PRODUCED  BY                       DEEPAK CHANDAK / SONIKA SINGH BHATTI /  UJJAL CHATTERJEE     DIRECTED    BY                         UJJAL CHATTERJEE  (NATIONAL AWARD WINNER DIRECTOR)