Charulata

Charulata (The Lonely Wife) is a 1964 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, featuring Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee and Sailen Mukherjee. It is based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore, Nastanirh (The Broken Nest). Many, including Satyajit Ray himself, considered Charulata to be his greatest achievement. Ray famously said that it had the "least flaws" of all his movies. The character of Charulata also was Ray's favorite and he depicted her as the "archetypal Bengali woman". This movie belongs to the tradition of parallel cinema, and Ray was influenced by the French New Wave directors such as Fran?ois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.

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Charulata: Charulata (The Lonely Wife) is a 1964 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, featuring Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee and Sailen Mukherjee. It is based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore, Nastanirh (The Broken Nest). Many, including Satyajit Ray himself, considered Charulata to be his greate...

Bengali: Bengali is an adjective and noun that may refer to the following:...

Soumitra Chatterjee: Soumitra Chatterjee (born 1935) is a Bengali actor from India, most famous for his frequent collaborations with the great Indian director Satyajit Ray. Popularly known by his first name, Soumitra appeared in 14 of Ray's 34 films, and his centrality to Ray's work is akin to other key collaborations i...