Ek Din Pratidin
# Ek Din Pratidin

Ek Din Pratidin (English title: "And Quiet Rolls the Dawn") is a 1979 Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen. The film stars Mamata Shankar, Gita Sen and Sreela Majumdar, among others. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

## Plot

The daughter of an economically middle-class family fails to return home one night. Her family worries, make searches and evolves into a deep crisis, more so because she is the only bread winner in the family. Overcoming the economic and social constraints, the film has a deep underlining of hidden strength.

## Cast

* Mamata Shankar as Chinu
* Gita Sen as Chinu's mother
* Sreela Majumdar as Minu
* Kaushik Sen
* Nalini Banerjee
* Arun Mukherjee
* Umanath Bhattacharya
* Biplab Chatterjee
* Satya Bandhyopadhyay

## Awards

* National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali
* National Film Award for Best Direction
* National Film Award for Best Editing-Gangadhar Naskar
