Overview
In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film (1965) and the Silver Bear for Best Director (1965)
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Based on
Based on Nastanirh
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Setting
Set in Kolkata
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Music
Music by Satyajit Ray
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Subrata Mitra
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Satyajit RayScreenplay
- Rabindranath TagoreNovel
- Original title
- চারুলতা
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 17, 1964
- Original language
- Bengali
- Countries
- India
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Cast
Madhabi MukherjeeCharulata
Soumitra ChatterjeeAmal
Shailen MukherjeeBhupati Dutta
Shyamal GhoshalUmapada
Gitali RoyMandakini (Manda)
Subrata SensharmaMotilal
Bankim GhoshJagannath- Dilip BoseShashanka
- Nilotpal DeyJoydeb
- Bholanath KoyalBraja
- Suku MukherjeeNisikanta
Kamu MukherjeeFellow Liberal at the Party- Tarapada Basu
- Ramesh Chandra Chandra
- Gopaldas Bhattacharya
- Sunilkanta Dasgupta
- Ajit Gupta
- Prabhat Sarkar
- Moni Babu
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