Shashi Kapoor, Leela Naidu, Durga Khote. Based on the novel by R. Prawer Jhabvala. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963 in English and Hindi versions. A foreign film (India). Special features: Conversation with the filmmakers, part of a new series of interviews with Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Shashi Kapoor, and others; documentary short film about Indian miniature painting, The sword and the flute (24 min., col.) directed by James Ivory and narrated by Saeed Jaffrey, 1959; short film, The creation of woman (approximately 13 min., col.) directed by Charles F. Schwep, produced by Ismail Merchant and starring Indian dancer Bhaskar Roy Chaudhuri, 1960;.
Summary:
The story of a shy, Delhi schoolteacher who marries by arrangement and then, little by little, gets to know and love his wife during their first year together.
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