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Summary

After an old college friend offers him a job at an iron foundry, the upright and honest Ishwar leaves a shanty town on the outskirts of Calcutta where he lives with a group of refugees from East Bengal. With plans to forge a solid living for himself, sister Sita and Abhiram, an orphaned boy he offers a home to, Ishwar is accused of selling out and deserting his people.

Details

Release Date: October 1, 1965

Runtime: 123 minutes

Genres: Drama

Rating: 6.6/10 (35 votes)


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Cast

  • Madhabi Mukherjee

    Madhabi Mukherjee

    Sita

  • Satindra Bhattacharya

    Satindra Bhattacharya

    Abhiram as an adult

  • Abhi Bhattacharya

    Abhi Bhattacharya

    Ishwar Chakraborty

  • Gita Dey

    Gita Dey

    Koushalya

  • Bijon Bhattacharya

    Bijon Bhattacharya

    Haraprasad

  • Shyamal Ghoshal

    Shyamal Ghoshal

    Benimadhab

  • Jahar Roy

    Jahar Roy

    Mukherjee

  • Sita Mukherjee

    Sita Mukherjee

    Kajal Didi