Gyanesh Mukherjee

  • Mrinal Sen – Baishey Shravana AKA The Wedding Day (1960)

    1951-1960ArthouseComedyIndiaMrinal Sen

    The time is immediately before World War II. The place a remote village in Bengal. Priyanath, a middle aged man and the last offspring of a once wealthy family, gets married to a lovely teenage girl to please his widowed mother. Overcoming the initial inhibitions, he starts enjoying the happiness of a normal married life.Read More »

  • Ritwik Ghatak – Meghe Dhaka Tara AKA The Cloud-Caped Star (1960)

    1951-1960DramaIndiaRitwik Ghatak

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    Nita (Supriya Choudhury), breaks a sandal while passing through the market square, and without complaining, continues barefoot on the graveled street, unable to buy a replacement pair of sandals for the walk home. Patently aware that Nita has received her monthly salary, her talented, but indolent older brother Shankar (Anil Chatterjee) pays an unexpected visit, and encountering Nita absorbed in reading a personal letter from a suitor named Sanat (Niranjan Ray), playfully snatches the note and reads aloud its affectionate contents, before asking her for spending money.Read More »

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