The Golden Thread

After an old college friend offers him a job at an iron foundry, the upright and honest Ishwar leaves a shanty town on the outskirts of Calcutta where he lives with a group of refugees from East Bengal. With plans to forge a solid living for himself, sister Sita and Abhiram, an orphaned boy he offers a home to, Ishwar is accused of selling out and deserting his people.

• Ritwik GhatakDirector
• Ritwik GhatakWriter
• Umanath BhattacharyaWriter

• Madhabi MukherjeeSita
• Satindra BhattacharyaAbhiram as an adult
• Abhi BhattacharyaIshwar Chakraborty
• Gita DeyKoushalya
• Bijon BhattacharyaHaraprasad
• Indrani ChakrabartyLittle Sita
• Abanish BanerjeeHari Babu
• Shyamal GhoshalBenimadhab
• Arun ChowdhuryGurudev
• PitambarRambilas
• Ranen Ray ChoudhuryBaul singer
• Jahar RoyMukherjee