Antareen or The Confined, Bengali film by Mrinal Sen

Antareen, or The Confined, was released in 1994. This film's primary language is Bengali, West Bengal, India and is 91 minutes in length. This movie was created by Mrinal Sen, and inspired by the short story Antareen written by Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto.

Among Indian cinema's best films it portrays the lives of two strangers as their relationship unfolds, having never met, and talking only on the telephone. He is a young writer, staying temporarily all alone, in his friend’s decrepit mansion. She is a kept, but rejected woman, reaching out nightly to strangers on the phone. Because her life is so out of control, she attempts to maintain control of their relationship by phoning him only at her pleasure. She calls him several times, in the beginning and hangs up, which intrigues him. As their conversions continue there are subtle, yet perverse changes in both of them, as he loses his cynicism of her, and she her aloofness with him.

The writer was played by Anjan Dutt, the woman on the phone by Dimple Kapadia.

The film was directed by Mrinal Sen, with a screenplay inspired by the works of Saadat Hasan Manto. The original music, the music direction and the cinematography was done by Sashi Anand. Editing was by Mrinmoy Chakraborty. 


Some awards include (but are not limited to) 
National Award for Best Bengali Film 1994
Outstanding Film – Istanbul Film Festival 1995
BFJA Award Best Screenwriter – Mrinal Sen 1995
BFJA Award Best Editing – Mrinmoy Chakraborty 1995