Title from web page. Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee. Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. Special features: New interview program with the actors; adapting Tagore, a new interview program; archival audio interview with director Satyajit Ray; new English subtitle translation; booklet.
Summary:
Set in late 19th-century, pre-independence India, this film is about a woman's artistic and romantic yearning. It is about the lonely wife of a workaholic newspaper editor, Charulata, whose beautiful face masks a burning creativity. When her husband's poet cousin comes to stay with them, Charulata finds herself both inspired by him creatively and dangerously drawn to him physically. A delicate tale of a marriage in jeopardy and a woman taking the first steps toward establishing her own voice.
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