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Charulata

  • 1964
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
6.8K
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Charulata (1964)
DramaRomance

The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.

  • Director
    • Satyajit Ray
  • Writers
    • Rabindranath Tagore
    • Satyajit Ray
  • Stars
    • Soumitra Chatterjee
    • Madhavi Mukherjee
    • Shailen Mukherjee
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    6.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Satyajit Ray
    • Writers
      • Rabindranath Tagore
      • Satyajit Ray
    • Stars
      • Soumitra Chatterjee
      • Madhavi Mukherjee
      • Shailen Mukherjee
    • 38User reviews
    • 80Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 2 nominations

    Photos48

    Satyajit Ray in Charulata (1964)
    Madhavi Mukherjee in Charulata (1964)
    Madhavi Mukherjee in Charulata (1964)
    Soumitra Chatterjee and Madhavi Mukherjee in Charulata (1964)
    Soumitra Chatterjee and Madhavi Mukherjee in Charulata (1964)
    Charulata (1964)
    Soumitra Chatterjee and Madhavi Mukherjee in Charulata (1964)
    Madhavi Mukherjee in Charulata (1964)
    Soumitra Chatterjee and Madhavi Mukherjee in Charulata (1964)
    Soumitra Chatterjee and Madhavi Mukherjee in Charulata (1964)
    Soumitra Chatterjee and Madhavi Mukherjee in Charulata (1964)
    Madhavi Mukherjee in Charulata (1964)

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    Soumitra Chatterjee
    Soumitra Chatterjee
    • Amal…
    Madhavi Mukherjee
    Madhavi Mukherjee
    • Charulata
    • (as Madhabi Mukherjee)
    • …
    Shailen Mukherjee
    • Bhupati
    • (as Sailen Mukherjee)
    • …
    Shyamal Ghoshal
    Shyamal Ghoshal
    • Umapada…
    Gitali Roy
    • Mandakini…
    Dilip Bose
    • Shashanka
    Nilotpal Dey
    • Joydeb
    Bankim Ghosh
    • Jagannath
    Bholanath Koyal
    • Braja
    Kamu Mukherjee
    • Fellow Liberal at the Party
    Suku Mukherjee
    • Nishikanta
    Subrata Sensharma
    • Motilal
    • (as Subrata Sen)
    Tarapada Basu
    Gopaldas Bhattacharya
    Ramesh Chandra Chandra
    Sunilkanta Dasgupta
    Ajit Gupta
    Prabhat Sarkar
    • Director
      • Satyajit Ray
    • Writers
      • Rabindranath Tagore
      • Satyajit Ray
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Ray once called Charulata his favorite of his own films.
    • 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.
    • 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.

    • Connections
      Featured in Strange Birds (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      God Save The Queen
      (uncredited)

      Music by Thomas Augustine Arne

      Played on the Piano by Amol (Kumar Basu)

    User reviews38

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    10/10
    Beautiful.
    The film is the masterpiece from Satyajit ray. Even he confessed that it was his best work. The film is obviously the slowest that I have ever seen but its beauty lies in the fact that it gradually develops the relationships and emotions which is very difficult to be filmed. The story revolves around a woman named Charulata who has an inherent talent of writing but is not able to make use of this. She finds it very difficult to pass her time. Brother of her husband comes to live with them and then she started to find solace in his company. How relationships gradually changed as the time passed is portrayed beautifully in this wonderful film from a master filmmaker.

    PROS:

    The best thing I found in the film was the acting by Charu. Her eyes said more than was required. Cinematography too was nice and noticeable. The development of affection between two people is the key strength here. The film is definitely slow paced but it certainly kept me interested every minute. The thing that I liked in the cinematography most was the very slow movement of the camera around the two people when they were talking. The story is good and normal but the way it was perceived by Ray and his power to display it is fantastic.

    MESSAGE: "Some things just happen. You cannot have control over them."

    VERDICT: "Most recommended Indian Film."
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    • manendra-lodhi
    • Sep 17, 2012

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 17, 1964 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Satyajit Ray (India)
    • Languages
      • Bengali
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Charulata: The Lonely Wife
    • Production company
      • R.D.Banshal & Co.
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $77,820
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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