In Search of Famine (1981)

  • NR
  • 09/14/1981 (CA)
  • Drama
  • 2h 8m

Overview

A young, idealistic director arrives in a village to make a picture set during the Great Bengal Famine. It’s a film that he hopes will reveal the problems and privations still current in rural India.

Mrinal Sen

Director, Screenplay

Amalendu Chakraborty

Novel

Cast

Dhritiman Chatterjee's headshot

Dhritiman Chatterjee

Movie Director
Rajen Tarafdar's headshot

Rajen Tarafdar

Dipankar Dey's headshot

Dipankar Dey

Self
Radhamohan Bhattacharya's headshot

Radhamohan Bhattacharya

Teacher
Smita Patil's headshot

Smita Patil

Self
Sreela Majumdar's headshot

Sreela Majumdar

Durga
Gita Sen's headshot

Gita Sen

Devika Mukherjee's headshot

Devika Mukherjee

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