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Bandini (1963)

Bandini poster
Original title
बन्दिनी
Directed by
Bimal Roy
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 37m
Rated
U
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman in prison for murder looks back at her past and her relationships with two men. She must decide between the prison doctor who loves her now and a man from her earlier life.

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What happens

Bandini (translation: Prisoner) is a 1963 Hindi drama film directed and produced by Bimal Roy. It stars Nutan, Ashok Kumar and Dharmendra. The film tells the story of a woman prisoner serving life imprisonment for murder, Kalyani, the all-suffering, selfless, sacrificing and strong yet weak Indian woman. She must make a choice between two very different men, Devendra (Dharmendra), the loving prison doctor, and Bikash (Ashok Kumar), a man from her past. The film is based on the Bengali novel Tamasi by Jarasandha (Charu Chandra Chakrabarti), a former jail superintendent who spent much of his career as a jailor in Northern Bengal, and wrote many fictional versions of his experiences. Bandini was the tenth highest grosser of the year and was declared a 'Semi Hit' by Box Office India. It swept that year's Filmfare Awards, winning six awards in all, including the top awards of Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Actress, and is still considered a landmark movie of the 1960s, especially being the last feature film of the director Bimal Roy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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