Title from web page. Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Jaya Bhuduri. Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. Special features: New interview with actor Makhabi Mukherjee; Satyajit Ray and the modern woman; The coward (1965), a feature film by Ray; new English subtitle translation; booklet.
Summary:
Set in mid-1950s Calcutta and directed by Satyajit Ray, this story follows the personal triumphs and frustrations of Arati, who decides, despite the initial protests of her bank-clerk husband, to take a job to help support their family. With remarkable sensitivity and attention to the details of everyday working-class life, Ray gradually builds a powerful human drama that is at once a hopeful morality tale and a commentary on the identity of the contemporary Indian woman.
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