A mother sacrifices everything. Her children learn too late. Classic Bengali family melodrama that'll wreck you.
Acting
Sumitra Mukherjee's devastating maternal performance.
Writing
Sarkar's unflinching portrait of invisible women's work.
Director
Swadesh Sarkar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1980s Bengali cinema's focus on urban middle-class family disintegration and the devaluation of housewives.
The kitchen scene where Didi counts coins for her son's shoes—shot in one take, reportedly improvised.
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