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    Ek Doctor Ki Maut
    Theatrical release poster
    Directed by Tapan Sinha
    Written by Ramapada Chowdhury
    (story, Abhimanyu)
    Tapan Sinha
    (screenplay)
    Based on Abhimanyu
    by Ramapada Chowdhury
    Produced by National Film Development Corporation of India
    Starring Pankaj Kapur
    Shabana Azmi
    Anil Chatterjee
    Irrfan
    Deepa Sahi
    Cinematography Soumendu Roy
    Edited by Soumendu Roy
    Music by Vanraj Bhatia
    Release date
    1990

    Running time
    122 minutes
    Country India
    Language Hindi

    Ek Doctor Ki Maut (transl. Death of a Doctor) is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language drama


    film by Tapan Sinha, which depicts the ostracism, bureaucratic negligence,
    reprimand and insult of a doctor and his research, instead of recognition.[1] The
    film is based on the story "Abhimanyu" by Ramapada Chowdhury.[2] This movie is
    loosely based on the life of Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay, an Indian physician who
    pioneered the In vitro fertilisation treatment just around the same time when
    another leading scientist Dr. Robert Edwards was conducting separate experiments in
    England.[3][4]
    Plot

    After years of painstaking research at the cost of his personal life, Dr. Dipankar
    Roy (Pankaj Kapur) discovers a vaccine for Leprosy. The news is flashed over
    television and overnight, an insignificant junior doctor receives international
    recognition. Professional jealousy and abuse of power threaten Dr. Roy, even as the
    Secretary of Health reprimands him for breaking the news to the press. He is asked
    to report to the Director of Health. Professional colleagues Dr. Arijit Sen and Dr.
    Ramananda invite him to a lecture but, it is merely a pretense to humiliate him.
    Dr. Roy suffers a mild heart attack, but he refuses to go to the hospital. His wife
    (Shabana Azmi) and a few others like Dr. Kundu (Anil Chatterjee) and Amulya (Irfan
    Khan) stand by Dr. Roy, but the harassment continues; a letter from a British
    foundation, John Anderson Foundation, is suppressed and Dr. Roy is transferred to a
    remote village. The last straw is two American doctors receiving credit for
    discovering the same vaccine. Dr. Roy is shattered. However, in the end, Dr. Roy
    gets an invitation from the John Anderson Foundation inviting him to be a part of
    an eminent group of scientists working on other diseases. Dipankar Roy realizes
    that his research was fruitful. He also decides to accept the invitation as he just
    wants to work for the betterment of mankind.[5][6]
    Cast

    Pankaj Kapur as Dr. Dipankar Roy


    Shabana Azmi as Seema
    Anil Chatterjee as Dr. Kundu
    Irrfan Khan as Amulya
    Deepa Sahi
    Vijayendra Ghatge as Dr. Sen
    Sushant Sanyal
    Kaushal Kumar Singh

    Reception

    The film was greatly applauded by film critics and writers. Tapan Sinha, the
    director, was inspired by the life and death of Subhash Mukhopadhyay and dedicates
    this film to him.
    Awards
    38th National Film Awards, India

    1990 National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film


    1990 National Film Award for Best Direction: Tapan Sinha
    1990 National Film Award - Special Jury Award: Pankaj Kapoor (Dr. Dipankar
    Roy).

    Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards


    1991 Best Film
    1991 Best Director

    Filmfare Awards

    1992 Filmfare Best Screenplay Award: Tapan Sinha.

    References

    Gupta, Uttaran Das (11 January 2019). "'Ek Doctor Ki Maut' and the dangers of
    bureaucracy superseding science". Business Standard India. Archived from the
    original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
    "'Ek doctor ki maut' writer Ramapada Chowdhury passes away at 95". The Indian
    Express. 29 July 2018. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1
    August 2018.
    Times News Network (14 October 2003). "Honour fails to cheer doctor's wife". The
    Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
    "Subhash Mukhopadhyay - the unlucky doctor behind India's first Test-tube baby".
    Sify. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010.
    "Anyone who is not a doctor should watch Pankaj Kapur's Ek Doctor Ki Maut before
    blaming them". ThePrint. 23 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022.
    Retrieved 24 April 2022.

    "Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990)". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 24 April
    2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

    External links

    Ek Doctor Ki Maut at IMDb

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    National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film

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    Films directed by Tapan Sinha


    Categories:

    1990 films1990s Hindi-language filmsFilms based on short fictionFilms directed


    by Tapan SinhaFilms whose director won the Best Director National Film AwardIndian
    biographical filmsIndian films based on actual eventsFilms scored by Vanraj
    BhatiaSecond Best Feature Film National Film Award winnersNational Film Development
    Corporation of India filmsFilms based on works by Ramapada Chowdhury

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