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Why this pick
Ghatak returns to displacement and fractured family bonds with the same operatic force: private sacrifice is inseparable from the aftershocks of Partition.
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MOVIE1960 2h 14m IND
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Meghe Dhaka Tara (meaning The Cloud-Capped Star) is a 1960 film written and directed by Ritwik Ghatak, based on a social novel by Shaktipada Rajguru with the same title. It stars Supriya Devi, Anil Chatterjee, Gita Dey, Bijon Bhattacharya, Niranjan Roy, and Gyanesh Mukherjee. It was part of a trilogy consisting of Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), Komal Gandhar (1961), and Subarnarekha (1962), all dealing with the aftermath of the Partition of Bengal during the Partition of India in 1947 and the refugees coping with it. The film revolves around Neeta (played by Supriya Devi), a beautiful young girl who lives with her middle-class family, refugees from Bangladesh, in the suburbs of Calcutta. She sacrifices everything for her family while they exploit her goodness and take advantage of her.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Supriya Devi
Neeta
Anil Chatterjee
Shankar