Subarnarekha (1965)

Original title

সুবর্ণরেখা

Directed by

Ritwik Ghatak

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 23m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After the 1947 Partition of India, a man raises his brother's orphaned daughter in a refugee camp. Their lives and relationships become entangled with the lasting scars of displacement and loss.

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What happens

Subarnarekha (Bengali: সুবর্ণরেখা Subarṇarekhā) is an Indian Bengali film directed by Ritwik Ghatak. It was produced in 1962 but not released until 1965. It is a part of the trilogy that includes Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), Komal Gandhar (1961) and Subarnarekha (1962), all dealing with the aftermath of the Partition of India in 1947 and the refugees coping with it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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