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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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