Picnic (1972 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Picnic

| image =

| caption = film poster

| director = Inder Sen

| producer =

| writer =

| screenplay = Inder Sen

| story =

| based_on = {{Based on|Picnic|Ramapada Chowdhury}}

| starring = {{unbulleted list|

| Archana

| Dhritiman Chatterjee

| Joyoshree Ray

| Ranjit Mallick

| Arati Bhattacharya

| Samit Bhanja

}}

| narrator =

| music = Sudhin Dasgupta

| cinematography = Sailaja Chatterjee

| editing = Arabinda Bhattacharya

| studio = Ikans Films

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|df=y|1972|08|28|India}}

| runtime = 124 minutes

| country = India

| language = Bengali

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Picnic is a 1972 Indian Bengali film, written and directed by Inder Sen, based on the 1970 Ramapada Chowdhury novel of the same name.{{cite news |title='Bon Palashir Padabali' writer Ramapada Chowdhury passes away at 95 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/bon-palashir-padabali-writer-ramapada-chowdhury-passes-away-at-95/articleshow/65194254.cms |accessdate=9 August 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=30 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828074152/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/bon-palashir-padabali-writer-ramapada-chowdhury-passes-away-at-95/articleshow/65194254.cms |archive-date=28 August 2019 |url-status=live }} It stars Archana, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Joyoshree Ray, Ranjit Mallick, Arati Bhattacharya and Samit Bhanja in the lead roles.