Shankhachil

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{{Infobox film

| name = Shankhachil

| image = Shankhachil.jpg

| caption = Theatrical Release Poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|language=bn|title=শঙ্খচিল}}

| director = Goutam Ghose

| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Prosenjit Chatterjee
• Faridur Reza Sagar
• Mou Raychowdhury
• Habibur Rahman Khan

}}

| writer = Sayantani Putatunda

| screenplay = {{Plainlist|

• Goutam Ghose
• Timir Baran

}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Prosenjit
• Kusum Sikder
• Shajbati

}}

| music = Goutam Ghose

| cinematography = Ishaan Ghose

| editing = {{Plainlist|

• Baishali Dasgupta
• Bhowmick
• Niladri Roy

}}

| studio = {{Plainlist|

• Ashirbad Cholochitro
• Impress Telefilm Limited
• NIdeas Creations & Productions

}}

| distributor = {{Plainlist|

• Zee Studios{{cite web |title=Shankhachil wins the ‘BEST BENGALI FILM’ award at the National Film Awards 2016! |url=https://www.zee.com/in-the-news/shankhachil-wins-the-best-bengali-film-award-at-the-national-film-awards-2016/ |publisher=ZEE |access-date=October 13, 2017}}
• V3G Films Private Limited
• Priya Entertainments Pvt. Ltd

}}

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2016|04|15}}

| runtime = 135 minutes

| country = Bangladesh
India

| language = Bengali

}}

Shankhachil (Brahminy kite, {{langx|bn|শঙ্খচিল}}) is a 2016 India-Bangladesh joint venture Bengali-language historical Drama film, written by Sayantani Putatunda, starring Prosenjit, Kusum Sikder, Shajbati and directed by Goutam Ghose. This film is named after the bird Brahminy kite which is used by many Bengali poets like Jibanananda Das.

Shankhachil was well received by Upam Buzarbaruah, writing in The Times of India.{{cite news |last=Buzarbaruah |first=Upam |date=April 20, 2016 |title=Shankhachil Movie Review |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/Shankhachil/movie-review/51878082.cms |work=The Times of India}} It won the Best Feature Film in Bengali award at 63rd National Film Awards. It was also selected for the Montreal World Film Festival.