Meghe dhaka tara = The cloud-capped star / written, produced and directed by Ritwik Ghatak.

Tells the story of a family that has been uprooted by the Partition of India and come to depend on its eldest daughter, the self-sacrificing Neeta. She watches helplessly as her own hopes and desires are pushed aside time and again by those of her siblings and parents, until all her chances for happ...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Criterion collection ; 993.
Corporate Author: Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Ghatak, Ritwikkumar, 1925-1976 (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter)
Gupta, Dinen (director of photography.)
Moitra, Jyotirindra (composer (expression))
Joshi, Ramesh (Film editor)
Supriẏā Debī, 1933- (Actor)
Chatterjee, Anil, 1929-1996 (Actor)
Mukherjee, Gyanesh, -2008 (Actor)
Bhaṭṭācārya, Bijana, 1915-1978 (Actor)
Dey, Gita, 1931-2011 (Actor)
Ghatak, Gita, 1931-2009 (Actor)
Rājaguru, Śaktipada
Language:Bengali
English
Language of the Original:
Bengali
Language and/or Writing System:
In Bengali with optional English subtitles.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
Edition:DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 993.
Subjects:
Families > India > West Bengal > Drama.
Single women > Family relationships > India > West Bengal > Drama.
Refugees > India > West Bengal > Social conditions > Drama.
Parent and adult child > Drama.
Happiness > Drama.
Self-sacrifice > Drama.
Bengal (India) > History > Partition, 1947 > Drama.
Rājaguru, Śaktipada > Film adaptations.
Families.
Happiness.
Parent and child.
India.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
Film adaptations.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Variant Title:
Cloud-capped star [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD

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