Nagmoti

{{short description|1983 film by Gautam Chattopadhyay}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Nagmoti

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| native_name = {{Infobox name module|bn|নাগমতী}}

| director = Gautam Chattopadhyay

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| screenplay = Gautam Chattopadhyay

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| producer = Sibaprasad Sen

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Atanu Roy
• Joy Banerjee
• Sreela Majumdar

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| cinematography = Vivek Banerjee

| editing = Bulu Ghosh

| music = Gautam Chattopadhyay

| studio = Shubhalakshmi Production

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| runtime = 115 mins

| country = India

| language = Bengali

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Nagmoti is a 1983 Indian Bengali film directed by Gautam Chattopadhyay and produced by Sibaprasad Sen, starring Atanu Roy, Joy Banerjee and Sreela Majumdar in the lead roles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/nagmati-35141|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328111246/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/nagmati-35141|url-status=live|archive-date=28 March 2019|title=Nagmati (1983) – Review, Star Cast, News, Photos|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2019-03-28}} The screenplay and the musical score were also written by Gautam Chattopadhyay. The cinematographer of the film was Vivek Banerjee. The Director of audiography was Durga Das Mitra. The editor of the film was Bulu Ghosh.

The film won the Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) for the Best Bengali Film of 1982 at the 30th National Film Awards in 1983 for "its absorbing portrayal of an ethnic group".{{Cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm30thNFAAward.aspx|title=Directorate of Film Festival|website=iffi.nic.in|access-date=2017-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003130200/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm30thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2015-10-03|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/30th_nff_1983.pdf|title=30th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|accessdate=4 October 2011}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film237240.htm|title=NAGMOTI – Film / Movie|website=citwf.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-11-01}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/nagmoti-movie/14477|title=Nagmoti (1983)|website=gomolo.com|access-date=2017-11-01}}{{Citation|last=Chattopadhyay|first=Gautam|title=Nagmoti|year=1983|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7125636/|others=Joy Bandyopadhyay, Atanu Das, Alpana Gupta|accessdate=2017-11-01}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Directors-cut-Man-with-the-Midas-touch/articleshow/4681929.cms|title=Director's cut: Man with the Midas touch |newspaper=The Times of India|date=21 June 2009|access-date=2022-09-03}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.birdbeckett.com/indian-cinema-beyond-bollywood-day-3/|title=Indian Cinema Beyond Bollywood – Day 3|website=birdbeckett.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-01}}

The story of Nagmoti focuses on a floating nomadic community of snake-worshipping gypsies known as "Bede" in the Ganges river delta, southeast of Kolkata, of the densely riverine southern Bengal. They strongly believe that their divine mission is to spread the glory of their deity, the Goddess Bishahari, the snake goddess.