Kharij

{{Infobox film

| name = Kharij

| image = KharijPoster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Mrinal Sen

| based_on = Kharij by Ramapada Chowdhury

| producer =

| writer = Mrinal Sen
Ramapada Chowdhury

| narrator =

| starring = Anjan Dutt
Mamata Shankar
Sreela Majumdar

| music = B. V. Karanth

| cinematography = K. K. Mahajan

| editing = Gangadhar Naskar

| studio = Neelkanth Films

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|1982}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = India

| language = Bengali

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Kharij,{{refn|group=lower-alpha|Bengali: খারিজ}} often translated as The Case is Closed, is a 1982 Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen and produced by Neelkanth Films. It is based on the 1974 novel of the same by Ramapada Chowdhury.{{Cite web |title=Kharij (1982) |url=https://indiancine.ma/WRU |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Indiancine.ma}}{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Dipankar |date=2021-12-22 |title=Guilty or Not Guilty: On Mrinal Sen’s 'Kharij' |url=https://vaguevisages.com/2021/12/22/kharij-movie-essay-1982-mrinal-sen-film/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Vague Visages |language=en-US}} It follows a Calcutta family struggling with guilt after their child servant dies from carbon monoxide poisoning in the kitchen, exposing the Bengali middle class's societal structure that upholds the status quo for social and economic survival. The film was a box office success and won the Jury Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival along with widespread critical acclaim.{{Cite web |date=2012-12-14 |title=Cannes all winners {{!}} Festivals & Awards {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/cannes-all-winners |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=www.rogerebert.com |language=en-US}}

Plot

The movie tells the story of a middle-class family whose child servant, Palan, is found dead in their kitchen, and their efforts to pacify his grieving father.{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Rudradeep |title=Film flashback: In Mrinal Sen's 'Kharij', a young boy dies and nobody cares (except the director) |url=https://scroll.in/reel/907838/film-flashback-in-mrinal-sens-kharij-a-young-boy-dies-and-nobody-cares-except-the-director |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Scroll.in |date=2 January 2019 }}

Cast

Anjan Dutt as Anjan Sen
Mamata Shankar as Mamata Sen, Anjan's wife
Sreela Majumdar as Sreeja
Gita Sen as Helpful neighbor
Sunil Mukherjee as Curious neighborhood onlooker
Indranil Moitra as Pupai
Dehapratim Das Gupta as Hari
Nilotpal Dey as Inspector
Charuprakash Ghosh as Lawyer
Debatosh Ghosh

Critical response

Awards

1983:Golden Palm: 1983 Cannes Film Festival: Mrinal Sen: Nominated [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084198/awards Awards] Internet Movie Database.
1983:Jury Prize: 1983 Cannes Film Festival: Mrinal Sen.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1435/year/1983.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Kharij |access-date=2009-06-15 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-date=9 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009212330/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1435/year/1983.html |url-status=live }}
1983:Second Best Feature Film: National Film Award:Mrinal Sen
1983:Best Screenplay:National Film Award:Mrinal Sen
1983:Best Art Direction:National Film Award:Nitish Roy
1983: Golden Spike:Valladolid International Film Festival.{{Cite news |title='Kharij' (1982) - 7 international award-winning Bengali films you shouldn't miss |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/7-international-award-winning-bengali-films-you-shouldnt-miss/kharij-1982/photostory/64945364.cms |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=The Times of India |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303065950/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/7-international-award-winning-bengali-films-you-shouldnt-miss/kharij-1982/photostory/64945364.cms |url-status=live }}