Chokh

Chokh
Directed byUtpalendu Chakrabarty
Written byUtpalendu Chakrabarty
Akshay Upadhyay (Hindi dialogue)
Story byUtpalendu Chakrabarty
Produced byDepartment of Information & Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal
StarringOm Puri
Anil Chatterjee
Shyamanand Jalan
Sreela Majumdar
CinematographyShakti Banerjee
Edited byBulu Ghosh
Music byUtpalendu Chakrabarty
Release date
  • 1982 (1982) (India)
Running time
98 min
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Chokh (lit. The Eyes) is a 1983 Indian Bengali film directed by Utpalendu Chakrabarty, with Om Puri, Anil Chatterjee, Shyamanand Jalan and Sreela Majumdar in lead roles. The film is set in 1975 and the oppression and exploitation of Jute mill workers in Kolkata.

At the 30th National Film Awards he won the awards for Best Feature Film as well as Best Direction award for the director.