Director: Gautam Ghose; Writer: Gautam Ghose, Manik Bandyopadhyay’s novel; Cinematographer: Gautam Ghose; Cast: Asaad, Champa, Roopa Ganguly, Utpal Dutt, Robi Ghosh, Abdul Khader, Hasan Imam, Sunil Mukherjee
Duration: 02:13:20; Aspect Ratio: 1.818:1; Hue: 209.581; Saturation: 0.026; Lightness: 0.291; Volume: 0.164; Cuts per Minute: 5.647
Summary: Set in pre-Partition Bengal in 1947, Ghosh used
Bandyopadhyay’s classic novel to tell the story
of a man’s struggle against the oppressive
forces of nature, society and of his own desires.
The spectacularly beautiful banks of the
Padma, functioning as the metaphor for ‘the
river of life’, form the backdrop. The main
character in the fishing village is the boatman
Kuber (Asaad), and the episodic film chronicles
his tension-ridden encounters with the wealthy
Muslim trader Hussain (Dutt), who wants to
transform an island in the Padma delta into a
haven free from communal strife. The women
in the film are mainly metaphors for the
eternally mysterious forces of nature.
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