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{{Short description|1988 Indian Bengali-language film}}
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{{Infobox film
|name           =  Phera
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|director       = [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]
|producer       = [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]
|writer         = [[Narendranath Mitra]] (story), [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]] (script)
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|cinematography =  Dhrubajyoti Bose
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|released       = {{Film date|1988|12|23|df=yes}}
|runtime        = 94 minutes
|country        = India
|language       = Bengali
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''''' Phera''''' ([[English language]]:''The Return'') is a [[1988 in film|1988]] [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]] based on a story of Bengali novelist [[Narendranath Mitra]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Phera Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos {{!}} eTimes|newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/phera/movieshow/67321172.cms|access-date=2022-01-06}}</ref> It was entered into the [[38th Berlin International Film Festival]], competition section.<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1988/02_programm_1988/02_Programm_1988.html |title=Berlinale: 1988 Programme |accessdate=2011-03-06 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
==Plot==
The film revolves around the life of Sasanka who lives a mournful life and relationship with the family.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PHERA (1988)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b798341d3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230112115/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b798341d3|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2018|access-date=2022-01-06|website=BFI}}</ref>
==Cast==
*[[Aloknanda Roy]] as Saraju
*[[Kamu Mukherjee]] as Mantu
*[[Sunil Mukherjee]] as Rashu
*Devika Mukherjee as Jamuna
*Subrata Nandy as Sasanka
*Aniket Sengupta as Kanu
==Awards==
* 1987: [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]]
** [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]: Budhdhadeb Dasgupta
** [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Best Feature Film in Bengali]]
** [[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]]: Aniket Sengupta
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0124055|title= Phera}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}
{{Buddhadeb Dasgupta}}
[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
[[Category:1988 drama films]]
[[Category:Films based on short fiction]]
[[Category:Films whose writer won the Best Original Screenplay National Film Award]]
[[Category:Best Bengali Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:1980s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Narendranath Mitra]]
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