''Charuulata 2011'' is a 2012
Bengali
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film directed by
Agnidev Chatterjee.
This film is based on
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...
's 1901 novella ''
Nastanirh
''Nastanirh'' (also ''Nashtanir''; Bengali: নষ্টনীড়, ''Nôshţoniŗh''; English: 'The Broken Nest') is a 1901 Bengali novella by Rabindranath Tagore. It is the basis for the noted 1964 film '' Charulata'', by Satyajit Ray.
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''.
Plot
Chaiti is a beautiful young woman and wife of newspaper editor Bikramjit, a workaholic who always stays busy with his editorial works. In spite of being a highly educated woman, Chaiti has nothing to do and she spends her time with expensive saris, filing nails, and watching TV.
Thus unhappy with her marriage and after an unfortunate miscarriage, Chaiti befriends Amal to find a friendly company. Amal is good looking and adventurous. From Amal's point of view Chaiti is ''Charulata 2011''.
Cast
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Rituparna Sengupta
Rituparna Sengupta is Indian actress and producer and model who is known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema. One of the most successful actresses of Bengali cinema, she rode the crest of her box office success in the late 1990s. She has w ...
as Chaiti
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Kaushik Sen
Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor in film, television, OTT and theatre, based in Kolkata. He is the founder and director of the theatre group Swapnasandhani. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for best ...
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Dolon Roy
Dolon Roy (also spelt as ''Dolon Ray'') is a Bengali actress, based in Kolkata, India.
Early life
She was born in Kolkata to Dilip and Dipika Roy. Roy graduated from the Charuchandra College and subsequently earned a postgraduate degree in sc ...
*
Arjun Chakraborty
Arjun Chakraborty () is an Indian actor and director based in Kolkata.
He made his debut as an actor in the 1983 Hindi film ''Zara Si Zindagi'', and his first major role was in the 1986 film '' Ankush'' starring Nana Patekar. Later he shifted ...
as Bikramjit
* Dibyendu Mukherjee as Amal
See also
* ''
Life in Park Street'', 2012 Bengali film
References
External links
Times of India review
2012 films
Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali-language Indian films
2010s Bengali-language films
Films directed by Agnidev Chatterjee
Films scored by Indradeep Dasgupta
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