Charulata: The Lonely Wife (1964)
Drama/ Romance
117 minutes
Director: Satyajit Ray
Writers: Satyajit Ray, Rabindranath Tagore (story)
Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee and Shailen Mukherjee
Set in British India in the 19th century, the film revolves around
Charulata, the beautiful wife of a learned Calcutta intellectual. She
sits at home alone while her wealthy husband Bhupati runs his English
language newspaper. Upon recognizing her profound loneliness, Bhupati
invites his brother-in-law Umapada and wife Mandakini as house guests.
Amal, his handsome younger cousin also comes for a visit following his
graduation from college. Charu and Amal spend hours reminiscing over
literature, poetry and the arts while Bhupati works on his paper. For a
short time everyone is content. Then, a tragedy occurs. Umapada absconds
with Bhupati's savings, leaving the entrepreneur in terrible debt. But
the betrayed man soon realizes that something much more precious than
his money is lost.
Written by
alfiehitchie and Arun K Barua
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057935/
Join us to see Charulata: The Lonely Wife (1964) at the Tagore Film Festival.
ReplyDeleteDATE: Wednesday 2 May 2012
TIME: 5.30pm
VENUE: School of Education compound, UWI, St. Augustine.
For more information, please contact the Film Office at 662-2002 ext. 83980