The Lonely Wife
- Original title
- Charulata (The Lonely Wife)
- Year
- 1964
- Running time
- 114 min.
- Country
- India
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Satyajit Ray. Story: Rabindranath Tagore
- Cast
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- Madhabi Mukherjee
- Sailen Mukherjee
- Soumitra Chatterjee
- Geetali Roy
- Shyamal Ghoshal
- Bholanath Koyal
- Bankim Ghosh
- Subrata Sensharma
- Nilotpal Dey
- Kamu Mukherjee
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- Music
- Cinematography
Subrata Mitra (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | 19th Century
- Movie Groups
- Rabindranath Tagore Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Charu lives a lonely and idle life in 1870s India. Although her husband devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage, he sees her loneliness and asks his brother-in-law, Amal, a would-be writer to keep her company. However, after several months, Charu and Amal's feelings for each other move beyond literary friendship.
- Awards
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1965: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear - Best Director
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 13 My Favorite Indian Movies (13)
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