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Language
Bengali
Description
"A dark melodrama set in late fifties Calcutta about a refugee family and the struggle of Nita, the oldest daughter, to keep them afloat and together. It is a bitter critique of the family as an institution and also of the harsh social and economic conditions arising from Partition" (container notes).
5) The stranger
Language
Bengali
Description
The story of Manmohan, a wise and witty world traveler who returns to Calcutta after 35 years to visit his niece, Anila. Although she has no memory of her uncle, Anila accepts the stranger's story. But her suspicious husband believes the man is an imposter who has come to claim an inheritance.
6) Antarmahal
Language
Bengali
Description
Set in 1878, when Britain controlled India, this film explores the lengths to which superstition and despair will drive a man. Through an aging man and those affected by him, the reality of ruthless obsession and cut-throat desire for power is exposed.
Language
Bengali
Description
A poor Bengali family survives in a village but wider horizons tempt the father. The protection of family members' reputations, the relationship of the family group to an elderly 'aunt', and first confrontations with death contribute to the early development of the boy Apu. His father's dreams prevail over the objections of his mother so that at the end of the film the family moves to the big city of Benares.
Language
Bengali
Description
Pather panchali: A poor Bengali family survives in a village but wider horizons tempt the father. The protection of family members' reputations, the relationship of the family group to an elderly 'aunt', and first confrontations with death contribute to the early development of the boy Apu. His father's dreams prevail over the objections of his mother so that at the end of the film the family moves to the big city of Benares.
Aparajito: Follows the...