1955

2h 5m

7.9(446 votes)

Drama

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A depiction of the life of an impoverished early twentieth century rural Bengali family.

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19 members

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Kanu Bannerjee

Harihar Ray

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Karuna Banerjee

Sarbojaya Ray

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Chunibala Devi

Indir Thakrun

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Uma Das Gupta

Durga Ray

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Subir Banerjee

Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray

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Runki Banerjee

Little Durga Ray

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Reba Devi

Seja Thakrun

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Aparna Devi

Nilmoni's wife

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Tulsi Chakraborty

Prasanna, school teacher

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Haren Banerjee

Chinibas, Sweet-seller

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Rampada Das

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Nibhanani Devi

Dasi Thakurun

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Rama Gangopadhaya

Ranu Mookerjee

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Roma Ganguli

Roma

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Binoy Mukherjee

Baidyanath Majumdar

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Haridhan Nag

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Harimohan Nag

Doctor

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Kshirod Roy

Priest

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Suren Roy

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Kanu Bannerjee

Karuna Banerjee

Chunibala Devi

Uma Das Gupta

Subir Banerjee

Runki Banerjee

Reba Devi

Aparna Devi

Tulsi Chakraborty

Haren Banerjee

Rampada Das

Nibhanani Devi

Rama Gangopadhaya

Roma Ganguli

Binoy Mukherjee

Haridhan Nag

Harimohan Nag

Kshirod Roy

Suren Roy

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