''Charuulata 2011'' is a 2012
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
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film directed by
Agnidev Chatterjee
Agnidev Chatterjee is an Indian, Bengali language, Bengali film director. His films include ''Babloo Bachelor'', ''Tere Ane Ss'', ''Jihadd'', ''Gaheen Hriday'', ''Dark Chocolate (film), Dark Chocolate'', ''A Political Murder'', ''Mrs Sen'', ''3 ...
.
This film is based on
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...
's 1901 novella ''
Nastanirh
''Nastanirh'' (also ''Nashtanir''; Bengali: নষ্টনীড়, ''Nôshţoniŗh''; English: 'The Broken Nest') is a 1901 Bengali novella by Rabindranath Tagore. It is the basis for the noted 1964 film ''Charulata'', by Satyajit Ray.
Backg ...
''.
Plot
Chaiti is a young beautiful woman and wife of newspaper editor Bikramjit. Bikramjit is a workaholic and always stay busy with his editorial works. In spite of being a highly educated woman, Chaiti has nothing to do and she spends her time with expensive saris, filing nails, watching TV.
Thus unhappy with her marriage and after an unfortunate miscarriage Chaiti befriends Amal to find a friendly company. Amal is good looking and adventurous. From Amal's point of view Chaiti is ''Charulata 2011''
Cast
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Rituparna Sengupta
Rituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress and producer who is known for her work in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema. One of the most successful actresses of Bengali cinema, she rode the crest of her box office success in the late 1990s. She won ...
as Chaiti
*
Kaushik Sen
Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor of film, television and theatre based in Kolkata. He is the director of the well-acclaimed theatre group Swapnasandhani. He has won the BFJA awards for best supporting actor for his perfor ...
*
Dolon Roy
Dolon Roy (also spelt as ''Dolon Ray'') is a Bengali actress, based in Kolkata, India.
Early life
She was born in Kolkata to Dilip and Dipika Roy. Roy graduated from the Charuchandra College and subsequently earned a postgraduate degree in sc ...
*
Arjun Chakraborty as Bikramjit
* Dibyendu Mukherjee as Amal
See also
* ''
Life in Park Street
''Life in Park Street'' is a 2012 Indian Bengali film directed by Raj Mukherjee. This film revolves around the people and their lives of Park Street, Kolkata.
Plot
Park Street is a cosmopolitan place in Kolkata and the film focuses different ...
'', 2012 Bengali film
References
External links
Times of India review
2012 films
Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali-language Indian films
2010s Bengali-language films
Films directed by Agnidev Chatterjee
Films scored by Indradeep Dasgupta
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