Charulata (1964)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 57min
- Drama, Romance
- 17 Apr 1964 (India)
- Movie
The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.
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Awards:
- 8 wins & 2 nominations.
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| Soumitra Chatterjee | ... |
Amal / Bhupati's cousin
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| Madhavi Mukherjee | ... |
Charulata / wife
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Shailen Mukherjee | ... |
Bhupati / husband
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| Shyamal Ghoshal | ... |
Umapada / Charulata's brother
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Gitali Roy | ... |
Mandakini / Umapada's wife
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Dilip Bose | ... |
Shashanka
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Nilotpal Dey | ... |
Joydeb
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Bankim Ghosh | ... |
Jagannath
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Bholanath Koyal | ... |
Braja
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Kamu Mukherjee | ... |
Fellow Liberal at the Party
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Suku Mukherjee | ... |
Nishikanta
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Subrata Sensharma | ... |
Motilal
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Tarapada Basu |
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Gopaldas Bhattacharya |
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Ramesh Chandra Chandra |
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Sunilkanta Dasgupta |
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Ajit Gupta |
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Prabhat Sarkar |
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Directed by
| Satyajit Ray | ||
Written by
| Rabindranath Tagore | ... | (from the story "Nastaneer") |
| Satyajit Ray | ... | (scenario) |
Produced by
| R.D. Bansal | ... | producer (as R. D. Bansal) |
Music by
| Satyajit Ray | ||
Cinematography by
| Subrata Mitra | ... | (photography) |
Editing by
| Dulal Dutta | ... | (as Dulal Dutt) |
Editorial Department
| Kashinath Bose | ... | assistant editor (as Kashinath Basu) |
Production Design by
| Bansi Chandragupta | ||
Art Direction by
| Bansi Chandragupta | ||
Makeup Department
| Ananta Das | ... | makeup artist |
| Bhim Naskar | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Production Management
| Anil Choudhury | ... | production manager |
| Arun Das | ... | assistant production manager |
| Dulal Das | ... | assistant production manager |
| Bimal Dey | ... | production manager (as Bimal De) |
| Bhanu Ghosh | ... | production manager |
| Nitai Jana | ... | assistant production manager |
| Sudip Majumdar | ... | assistant production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Ramen Chatterjee | ... | assistant director |
| Girish Ranjan | ... | assistant director |
| Amiya Sanyal | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Kabi Dasgupta | ... | backdrops |
| Surath Mondal | ... | assistant art director |
| Subash Sinha Roy | ... | assistant art director (as Subhash Singha Roy) |
Sound Department
| Jyoti Chatterjee | ... | assistant sound recordist (as Jyoti Chattopadhyay) |
| Shyamsundar Ghosh | ... | re-recording |
| Mani Mondal | ... | assistant sound recordist (as Moni) |
| Edel Mulan | ... | assistant sound recordist (as Edel) |
| Anil Nandan | ... | assistant sound recordist |
| Nripen Paul | ... | sound recordist |
| Bhola Sarkar | ... | assistant sound recordist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Nur Ali | ... | assistant camera (as Nur Ali Mondal) |
| Brajen Das | ... | lighting |
| Keshto Das | ... | lighting |
| Satish Chandra Haldar | ... | lighting (as Satish Haldar) |
| Subrata Lahiri | ... | assistant camera |
| Fatik Mazumdar | ... | assistant camera |
| Dukhiram Naskar | ... | lighting |
| Durga Raha | ... | assistant camera |
| Nani Sardar | ... | lighting |
| Mangal Singh | ... | lighting |
Music Department
| Baiju Bawra | ... | lyricist |
| Shibkumar Chattopadhyay | ... | playback singer |
| Shyamsundar Ghosh | ... | background music recordist |
| Ramnidhi Gupta | ... | lyricist (as Nidhubabu) |
| Jaidev | ... | lyricist |
| Kishore Kumar | ... | singer |
| Jyotirindra Moitra | ... | music director (as Jyotirindra Maitra) / playback singer |
| Ram Mohan Roy | ... | lyricist (as Raja Rammohan Roy) |
| Joykrishna Sanyal | ... | playback singer (as Sangeetacharya Joykrishna Sanyal) |
| Jyotirindranath Tagore | ... | musical director |
| Rabindranath Tagore | ... | lyricist |
| Tansen | ... | lyricist |
Additional Crew
| Mohan Chatterjee | ... | laboratory staff |
| Tarapada Chowdhury | ... | laboratory staff |
| Bimal Dey | ... | production controller |
| Abani Majumdar | ... | laboratory staff |
| R.B. Mehta | ... | processing supervisor |
| Shailesh Mukhopadhyay | ... | publicist |
| Abani Roy | ... | laboratory staff |
Thanks
| Premchand Adhya | ... | acknowledgment (as Shri Premchand Adhya) |
| Indubhushan Dasgupta | ... | acknowledgment (as Shri Indubhushan Dasgupta) |
| Nityananda Datta | ... | acknowledgment (as Shri Nityananda Dutta) |
| Ganesh Chandra Dey | ... | acknowledgment (as Shri Ganeshchandra Dey) |
| Renuka Majumdar | ... | acknowledgment (as Shrimati Renuka Majumdar) |
| Kiran Kumar Mitter | ... | acknowledgment (as Shri Kirankumar Mitra) |
| Bholanath Mukherjee | ... | acknowledgment (as Shri Bholanath Mukherjee) |
| Bishnupada Roy | ... | acknowledgment (as Raja Bishnupada Roy) |
| Bishwanath Roy | ... | acknowledgment (as Kumar Bishwanath Roy) |
| Sheela Sen | ... | acknowledgment (as Shrimati Sheela Sen) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Amanda Films (1965) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Equipe de Cinema (1975) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Filmtrade (2014) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Les Acacias (2014) (France) (theatrical)
- Merchant Ivory Productions (1995) (United States) (theatrical) (restored version)
- New Star (2022) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Sony Pictures Classics (1995) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- A Contracorriente Films (2021) (Spain)
- ARTE (2022) (Germany) (tv)
- ARTE (2022) (France) (tv)
- Artificial Eye (2008) (United Kingdom) (video)
- Bollywood Films Ltd. (2004) (United Kingdom) (video)
- Gala Entertainment Corp. (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Leopardo Filmes (2014) (Portugal)
- NHK (1995) (Japan) (tv)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2021) (United Kingdom)
- The Criterion Channel (2020) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- The Criterion Collection (2013) (United States) (DVD)
- Vintage Cinema Collection (2020) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Charu lives a lonely and idle life in 1870s India. Although her husband Bhupati devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage, he sees her loneliness and asks his brother-in-law,Umapada to keep her company. At the same time Bhupati's own cousin, Amal, a would-be writer comes home finishing his college education. However, after several months, Charu and Amal's feelings for each other move beyond literary friendship.
Written by Erik Gregersen |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Ray once called Charulata his favorite of his own films. See more » |
| Goofs | when Bhupati shows Amal his weekly newspaper 'The Sentinel', it can be seen that it is published every Saturday and the date shown is 7 April 1879 but actually 7 April 1879 was Monday. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Strange Birds (2017). See more » |
| Soundtracks | God Save The Queen See more » |
| Quotes |
Amal:
All done with studies, exams, professors, cutting classes. Charulata: What's left? Foolishness and mischief? Amal: Poetry. Rhythm. You know, I was thinking. Charulata: What? Amal: All of life is like a rhythm. Birth, death. Day - night. Happiness - sorrow. Meeting - parting. Like the waves on the ocean, now rising - now falling. One complements the other. See more » |