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Ritwik Ghatak's lauded drama follows a young refugee from Pakistan as she tries to make ends meet for her family on the rough streets of Calcutta. Read more

Starring	Gita De, Niranjan Roy, Gita Ghatak, Anil Chatterjee
Director	Ritwik Ghatak
Genres	Drama

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  Inspired by a woman at the bus stop to make a movie
  
  This is a wonderfully sad drama. About self-sacrifice of a young woman. She tries to be the breadwinner to her family of parents, brothers and sister. But they ... read more »
  
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  - 26 Sep 2004 at 10:45
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  Not your average Bollywood
  
  Not sure why I chose this film in the first place but it had me enthralled from the beginning. You can not call it a Bollywood film, but it did portrayed the ... read more »
  
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  - Northants
  - 09 Jan 2005 at 15:35
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  Unlucky in life
  
  This film is about the cross-roads of life where you are faced with two choices – follow your dreams, keep your ambitions, gamble everything and hope you ... read more »
  
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  - 24 Mar 2005 at 15:05

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- The Bengali writer/director Ritwik Ghatak has been acclaimed as the most important Indian film-maker after Satyajit... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
- A powerful and enraged account of suffering and waste, of exile and disappointment.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42

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