Synopsis
Set in the turbulent 1930s, this is the story of a poor Chinese hawker selling his merchandise, Chinese silk, in the streets of Calcutta. This was the time when China was repulsing a brutal attack of militarist Japan and when an outraged Rabindranath Tagore wrote to his friend in Japan, the great poet Noguchi: “I wish your countrymen, whom I love so much, not success but remorse”. This film holds the dubious distinction of being the first to be banned (though temporarily) in independent India.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Mrinal SenDirector
- Mrinal SenScreenplay
- Hemanta MukherjeeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kali BannerjeeWang Lu
- Manju DeyBasanti
- Smriti BiswasCast
- Bikash RoyBasanti's Husband
- Suruchi SenguptaCast
- Ajit ChatterjeeCast
- Priya ChatterjeeCast
- Rasaraj ChakrabortyCast
- Lee Chiu FongCast
- Yi Show WenCast
- Bhaskar DebCast
- Ajit BandyopadhyayCast