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20/02/1959 Drama 2h 13m
80
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Overview

Set in the turbulent 1930s, this is the story of a poor Chinese hawker selling his merchandise, Chinese silk, in the streets of Calcutta. This was the time when China was repulsing a brutal attack of militarist Japan and when an outraged Rabindranath Tagore wrote to his friend in Japan, the great poet Noguchi: “I wish your countrymen, whom I love so much, not success but remorse”. This film holds the dubious distinction of being the first to be banned (though temporarily) in independent India.

  1. Mrinal Sen

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kali Bannerjee

    Wang Lu

  2. Manju Dey

    Basanti

  3. Smriti Biswas

  4. Bikash Roy

    Basanti's Husband

  5. Suruchi Sengupta

  6. Ajit Chatterjee

  7. Priya Chatterjee

  8. Rasaraj Chakraborty

  9. Lee Chiu Fong

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
Bengali

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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