8:08 Er Bongaon Local

{{short description|2012 Bengali film}}

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| director = Debaditya Bandopadhyay

| writer = Padnmanabha Dasgupta

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| producer = Torun Raut

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| cinematography = Protip Mukhopadhyay
Basob Mallick

| editing = Sanjib Datta

| music = Tanmoy Bose

| studio = Unimass Entertainment

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| released = {{Film date|2012|04|27|df=y}}

| runtime = 123 minutes

| country = India

| language = Bengali

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8:08 Er Bongaon Local is a Bengali social drama film directed by Debaditya Bandyopadhyay and produced by Torun Raut.{{Cite web |title=8:08 Er Bonga Local - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/8_08_er_bonga_local |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}} This film was released on 27 April 2012 under the banner of Unimass Entertainment.{{Cite web|title=Speaking your mind - Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/speaking-your-mind/938297/|access-date=2020-08-28|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}{{Cite web |date=2012-04-20 |title=Speaking your mind |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/speaking-your-mind/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} This movie was based on an infamous incident of eve teasing and murder at Barasat, North 24 Parganas in 2011.{{Cite web|date=2017-01-03|title=Between the reel and the real falls the shadow: the two facets of actor Tapas Paul's life|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/between-the-reel-and-the-real-falls-the-shadow-the-two-facets-of-actor-tapas-paul-s-life/story-wW7dVF02RwdokeY4pzI2xL.html|access-date=2020-08-28|website=Hindustan Times}}

Plot

Ananta Das is a middle-class common man who commutes daily on the 8:08 A.M. Bongaon Local to Sealdah for his office job. During his regular journey towards Kolkata, he realizes that people have stopped protesting against any form of injustice due to fear or depression, and he, too, has become spineless like others. However, an incident shocks him and changes his mindset completely. One day, a student is killed by goons for protesting against the eve-teasing of his elder sister. At first, Ananta refrains from taking action, but later he bursts out with anger and protests against every wrong deed in his surroundings.

Cast

Reception

The Times of India rated the movie 3.6 noting this film belongs to Tapas Paul. It’s unfortunate that his acting potential has not been tapped the way it should have in contemporary Bengali movies.{{Cite news |title=8:08 er Bonga Local Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/808-er-bonga-local/movie-review/12907630.cms |access-date=2025-05-26 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

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