Underplayed Gems

Troyee (1982)

Troyee poster
Directed by
Gautam Mukherjee
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
U
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man realizes his best friend and his love are in love with each other. He struggles with a sense of belonging after this discovery.

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What happens

Troyee (transl. Trio) is a 1982 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film written and directed by Gautam Mukherjee. The screenplay was written by Parthapratim Choudhury. It narrates the story of a young man who ultimately finds that his life belongs nowhere after he discovers that his best friend and his ladylove are in love with each other. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Debashree Roy and Soumitra Bannerjee in leading roles. The music was composed by R. D. Burman with lyrics penned by Swapan Chakraborty. The film was a musical blockbuster as well as a major success at the box office. It was remade into Odia as Saathire in 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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