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Akash Kusum

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Akash Kusum, Up in the Clouds
poster of Akash Kusum
Directed byMrinal Sen
Written byAshish Barman
Produced byPurbachal Film Productions
StarringSoumitra Chatterjee
Aparna Sen
Subhendu Chatterjee
CinematographySailaja Chatterjee
Music bySudhin Dasgupta
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

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

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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.

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