Underplayed Gems

Palatak (1963)

Palatak poster
Original title
পলাতক
Directed by
Tarun Majumdar, Dilip Mukherjee
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 13m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man returns to his village after years away. He reconnects with old relationships and faces the changes in the people he once knew.

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What happens

Palatak is a 1963 Bengali film directed by Jatrik. The film features actors Anup Kumar, Sandhya Roy and Ruma Guha Thakurta in the lead roles. The film was based on "Angti Chattujjer Vai", a Bengali short story by Manoj Basu. Shyamsundar Ghosh composed the music for the film. The movie was remade in Hindi in 1969 as Rahgir. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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