EK DOCTOR KI MAUT TAPAN SINHA

  • INDIA

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  • HINDI

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  • 1990

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  • 122 mins

After years of painstaking research at the cost of his domestic pleasure, Dr. Dipankar Roy discovers a vaccine for leprosy. The news is flashed over television and just as the junior doctor receives international recognition, he has to suffer humiliation from the professional jealousy and abuse of power from his seniors.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC)

Screenplay :

Tapan Sinha

Director of Photography :

Soumendu Roy

Editor :

Subodh Roy

Music :

Vanraj Bhatia

Sound :

Robin Sengupta

Cast :

Shabana Azmi, Pankaj Kapur, Irrfan Khan, Deepa Sahi

Awards - Winner :

National Film Awards 1991, (Best Director, Special Mention)

Tapan Sinha (b. 1924 - 2009, in Kolkata) began his career as a sound engineer at New Theatres before turning director. He made his debut with ANKUSH (1954) and emerged as a major voice of socially rooted, literate cinema. He is best known for KABULIWALLA (1956), KSHUDITA PASHAN (1960), ATITHI (1965) and BANCHCHARAMER BAGAN (1980), drawing extensively from Bengali literature. Working across Bengali and Hindi cinema, he made nearly 40 films marked by moral clarity, strong music, and humanist concerns. He received the DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARD (2006) and a Lifetime Achievement Award.