title: Ek Din Pratidin
text: # 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
  