Akash Kusum

Akash Kusum
Poster of Akash Kusum
Directed byMrinal Sen
Written byAshish Barman
Produced byPurbachal Film Productions
StarringSoumitra Chatterjee
Aparna Sen
Subhendu Chatterjee
CinematographySailaja Chatterjee
Edited byGangadhar Naskar
Music bySudhin Dasgupta
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Akash Kusum (lit. "Up in the Clouds") is a 1965 Indian Bengali film directed by noted Indian parallel film director Mrinal Sen. The film was loosely remade in Hindi as Manzil (1979).

Plot

It is the story of the longings of a middle-class executive to rise in stature and social acceptability. The young man trying to find a place in the corporate world innocently bluffs a young girl he chances upon. The bluff becomes disastrous for him, and for their relationship.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "13th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
  2. ↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781135943257. Retrieved 10 September 2026.