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Dadu No. 1

2004 · 141 min

A slow, earnest family drama that feels like a warm but serious look at duty, class, and second chances.

Directed by
Sanat Dutta
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ferdous Ahmed, Ranjit Mallick, Rachana Banerjee
Overview
A rich businessman, Bhawani Chatterjee, offers a job to Mamta, a widow, at his office. Later, he requests her to marry one of his grandsons.

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Stream in the UK
  • Hoichoi
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Directed by
Sanat Dutta
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ferdous Ahmed, Ranjit Mallick, Rachana Banerjee
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • love
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
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141 min
Country
India

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