Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960)

Original title

মেঘে ঢাকা তারা

Directed by

Ritwik Ghatak

Genre

drama film, musical film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

15+

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman supports her struggling family of refugees in post-Partition Bengal. She sacrifices her own dreams and health for their survival.

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What happens

Meghe Dhaka Tara (Bengali: মেঘে ঢাকা তারা Mēghē Ḍhākā Tārā, lit. The Cloud-Capped Star) is a 1960 film written and directed by Ritwik Ghatak, based on a social novel by Shaktipada Rajguru with the same title. It stars Supriya Choudhury, Anil Chatterjee, Gita Dey, Bijon Bhattacharya, Niranjan Roy, and Gyanesh Mukherjee. It was part of a trilogy consisting of Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), Komal Gandhar (1961), and Subarnarekha (1962), all dealing with the aftermath of the Partition of Bengal during the Partition of India in 1947 and the refugees coping with it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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