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Charulata
Sign in to saveCharulata (, ; also known as The Lonely Wife) is a 1964 Indian drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Based on Rabindranath Tagore's novella Nastanirh, it stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, and Shailen Mukherjee. The film is widely regarded as one of Ray's finest works.
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7.5In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art.
Cast
- Madhabi Mukherjee as Charulata
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Amal
- Shailen Mukherjee as Bhupati Dutta
- Shyamal Ghoshal as Umapada
- Gitali Roy as Mandakini (Manda)
- Subrata Sensharma as Motilal
Themes
- swing
- black and white
- writer
- india
- calcutta
- newspaper editor
- based on short story
- 19th century
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Charulata
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- CharulataG.jpg
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- Film poster
- Film.director
- Satyajit Ray
- Film.producer
- R. D. Bansal
- Film.screenplay
- Satyajit Ray
- Film.music
- Satyajit Ray
- Film.cinematography
- Subrata Mitra
- Film.studio
- R. D. Bansal & Co.
- Film.distributor
- Edward Harrison (US)
- Film.runtime
- 117 minutes
- Film.country
- India
- Film.language
- Bengali
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 596625
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- publication date
- 1964-01-01
- title
- চারুলতা
- review score
- 93%
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Charulata (, ; also known as The Lonely Wife) is a 1964 Indian drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Based on Rabindranath Tagore's novella Nastanirh, it stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, and Shailen Mukherjee. The film is widely regarded as one of Ray's finest works.
Both the opening and closing scenes of the film have received critical acclaim. The first scene, with minimal dialogue, depicts Charu's loneliness as she observes the outside world through binoculars. In the final scene, as Charu and her husband are about to hold hands, the screen freezes—a technique praised as a masterful use of the freeze frame in cinema.