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Uttara, which means "north" in Sanskrit and many other Indian languages may refer to:
- Geographic locations:
- Uttara (Dhaka), a suburb north of Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital.
- Uttaradit, a city in Thailand.
- Uttara Kannada, a district in Karnataka state.
- Uttarakhand, a Himalayan state in North India.
- Uttarakuru, a legendary geographical loctation in ancient Indian texts.
- Uttarapatha, a legendary geographical location in ancient Indian texts.
- People:
- Uttaradhi Arora, an Arora clan of North India.
- Uttaramadra, a legendary clan found in Uttarakuru.
- In the Hindu epic Mahabharata:
- Uttara (Mahabharata), a son of King Virata who went into battle with Arjuna.
- Uttarā (Mahabharata), daughter of Virata and mother of Parikshita.
- Miscellaneous:
- Uttara (film), a Bengali film.
- Uttara Foods and Feeds, an Indian company.
- Uttarayana, spring equinox in Hindu traditions.
- Uttarayan (film), a Marathi film.
- Uttarayanam, a Malayalam film.
Uttara (, ) is a 2000 Bengali language drama film thriller directed by Bengali poet Buddhadev Dasgupta. Based on a short story by Samaresh Bose, it stars Jaya Seal as Uttara, Tapas Paul, Shankar Chakraborty, Raisul Islam Asad as a Christian missionary.
The film contrasts violence, human vices and lawlessness in a seemingly peaceful setting, in a quiet village in Purulia district in Bengal.
Uttara premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 30 August 2000 and was the winner of the festivals' Special Director award. It was screened at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2000 and on 22 May it was shown in the US at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival The film was released in France on 13 June 2001 and won the Audience Award at the Nantes festival. It opened the Pusan Film Festival in South Korea.
Due to its homoerotic undertones, Uttara was shown at a number of gay and lesbian film festivals including the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
In the epic Mahabharata, Uttar or Uttara was the prince of Matsya Kingdom and the son of King Virata, at whose court the Pandavas spent one year in concealment during their exile. His sister Uttarā was given in marriage to Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna, and he in turn gave his daughter Iravati in marriage to his nephew Parikshit. Thus, Uttara was also the maternal grandfather of Janamejaya.