Ek Din Pratidin
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| Directed by | Mrinal Sen |
| Written by | Mrinal Sen (writer) Amalendu Chakraborty (novel) |
| Starring | Mamata Shankar Gita Sen Sreela Majumdar Satya Bandhyopadhyay |
| Cinematography | K. K. Mahajan |
| Edited by | Gangadhar Naskar |
| Music by | B.V. Karanth |
Production company | Mrinal Sen Productions |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Ek Din Pratidin (Bengali: এক দিন প্রতিদিন, lit: "A Day Like Any Other," English title: "And Quiet Rolls the Dawn") is a 1979 Bengali drama film directed by Mrinal Sen, who also wrote the screenplay based on an Amalendu Chakraborty novel. Set in contemporary India, the film follows the trauma experienced by a family when the breadwinning daughter fails to return from work. The film spans the period of one evening and night.
The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali and the National Film Award for Best Direction. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.