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@article{186949,
        author = {Amrita Chatterjee},
        title = {Cinematic Representation of the Partition of Bengal: A Study of Chinnamul (The Uprooted, 1950)},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {3605-3607},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=186949},
        abstract = {The 1947 Partition of India redefined the subcontinent’s political and cultural landscape, displacing millions and rupturing centuries of shared coexistence. Among the earliest artistic responses to this upheaval was Chinnamul (The Uprooted, 1950), directed by Nemai Ghosh. Based on a story by Swarnakamal Bhattacharya, the film vividly portrays the dislocation of refugees from East Bengal to West Bengal, using a neorealist aesthetic to document the trauma of Partition. This paper examines Chinnamul through an interdisciplinary lens, integrating film studies and heritage studies perspectives to explore its representation of refugee identity, memory, and cultural loss. It situates the film within the socio-political realities of postcolonial Bengal and argues that Chinnamul stands as both a cinematic and historical testimony to one of South Asia’s most defining human tragedies.},
        keywords = {Partition of India, Bengal, Refugee cinema, Nemai Ghosh, Chinnamul, Realism, Cultural memory, Postcolonial identity},
        month = {November},
        }