Three Daughters (1961)

  • NR
  • 05/05/1961 (IN)
  • Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
  • 2h 53m

Overview

Three stories with three central female characters linking the stories together. The first one concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. The second one is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. The final one follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family.

Satyajit Ray

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Chandana Banerjee's headshot

Chandana Banerjee

Ratan (segment "The Postmaster")
Nripati Chatterjee's headshot

Nripati Chatterjee

Bishey (segment "The Postmaster")
Anil Chatterjee's headshot

Anil Chatterjee

Nandal (segment "The Postmaster")
Khagen Pathak's headshot

Khagen Pathak

Khagen (segment "The Postmaster")
Kali Bannerjee's headshot

Kali Bannerjee

Phanibhushan Saha (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Kanika Majumdar's headshot

Kanika Majumdar

Monimalika (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Kumar Roy's headshot

Kumar Roy

Madhusudhan (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Gobinda Chakravarti's headshot

Gobinda Chakravarti

Schoolmaster (segment "The Lost Jewels")

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