---
title: 'Chinnamul (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nimai Ghosh'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/chinnamul-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042329/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Chinnamul (1950)

1950 · 117 min · Drama · India

Original title: ছিন্নমূল

## Synopsis

Chinnamul was a 1950 Bengali film directed by Nemai Ghosh. This was the first Indian film that dealt with the partition of India. The story revolved around a group of farmers from East Pakistan who were forced to migrate to Calcutta because of the partition of Bengal in 1947. Russian film director Vsevolod Pudovkin came to Calcutta at that time, watched this film, and being inspired, he bought the print of this film to release in Russia. The film was shown in 188 theaters in Russia.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nimai Ghosh](https://cinepixo.com/people/nimai-ghosh)
- **Producer:** [Nimai Ghosh](https://cinepixo.com/people/nimai-ghosh)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nimai Ghosh](https://cinepixo.com/people/nimai-ghosh)
- **Screenplay:** [Satyajit Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/satyajit-ray)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kalabran Das](https://cinepixo.com/people/kalabran-das)

## Cast

- [Shobha Sen](https://cinepixo.com/people/shobha-sen)
- [Bijon Bhattacharya](https://cinepixo.com/people/bijon-bhattacharya)
- [Ritwik Ghatak](https://cinepixo.com/people/ritwik-ghatak)
- [Gangapada Basu](https://cinepixo.com/people/gangapada-basu)

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