In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art.
- 7.5
- 1964
- Released
- 1h 57m
Madhabi Mukherjee
Charulata
Soumitra Chatterjee
Amal
Shailen Mukherjee
Bhupati Dutta
Shyamal Ghoshal
Umapada
Gitali Roy
Mandakini (Manda)
Subrata Sensharma
Motilal
Bankim Ghosh
Jagannath
Dilip Bose
ShashankaNilotpal Dey
JoydebBholanath Koyal
BrajaSuku Mukherjee
Nisikanta
Kamu Mukherjee
Fellow Liberal at the PartyTarapada Basu
Ramesh Chandra Chandra
Gopaldas Bhattacharya
Sunilkanta Dasgupta
Ajit Gupta
Prabhat Sarkar
Moni Babu
Released
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- #swing
- #black and white
- #writer
- #india
- #calcutta
- #newspaper editor
- #based on short story
- #19th century
Reviews
Departing from the West's traditional approaches to narrative, performance, and technique, Satyajit Ray tells a story of marital alienation and the tension between material and spiritual concerns. The result is a profoundly calm film that reflects on the balance between work and one's spouse.