A man mistakenly invites a family, whose girl was (and is still) betrothed to the groom. It was he who set up the cousin's alliance, would the girl forgive him, whom he had fallen in love? How to prevent her from attending the marriage?
Acting
Soumitra Chatterjee's suffering eyes carry entire unwritten letters.
Cinematography
Bengal in monochrome, every frame a sigh.
Direction
Ajoy Kar milks silence like it's 1963 and nobody's rushing.
Director
Ajoy Kar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a novel by Narendranath Mitra, whose work Satyajit Ray also adapted in 'Charulata'—Bengal loved its repressed intellectuals.
Sharmila Tagore was 18 here, already mastering the art of devastating restraint that would define her career.
