Hiralal

Mar 5, 2021

2h 18m

★ 0.0

The uncredited role

Overview

The Bengali-language biopic looks back on Hiralal Sen, who is credited with making India’s first advertising film and political documentary.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Easel Movies

Hoichoi

Hiralal Trailers

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Cast

Hiralal Sen

Kinjal Nanda

Jamshedji Framji Madan

Saswata Chatterjee

Girish Chandra Ghosh

Kharaj Mukherjee

Sen Babu, owner of JawbaKusum Hair Oil

Shankar Chakraborty

Hemangini Devi

Anuska Chakraborty

Amarendranath Dutta

Arna Mukhopadhyay

Bidyut Das

Hiralal's daughter

Parijat Chaudhuri

Kusum Kumari

Tannistha Biswas

Tarini Ukill

Adhikari Koushik

Motilal Sen

Partha Sinha

Ashish Bhowmick

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