Movie: In Search of Famine

Top 10 Billed Cast

Dhritiman Chatterjee
Dhritiman Chatterjee

Movie Director

Sreela Majumdar
Sreela Majumdar

Durga

Smita Patil
Smita Patil

Self

Biplab Chatterjee
Biplab Chatterjee

Self

Dipankar Dey
Dipankar Dey

Self

Monu Mukherjee
Monu Mukherjee

Father of nurse

Radhamohan Bhattacharya
Radhamohan Bhattacharya

Teacher

Gita Sen
Gita Sen

Rajen Tarafdar
Rajen Tarafdar

Devika Mukherjee
Devika Mukherjee

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  • Overview

    A young, idealistic director arrives in a village to make a picture set during the Great Bengal Famine. It’s a film that he hopes will reveal the problems and privations still current in rural India.

  • Release Date

    1981-01-04

  • Average

    6.9

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    বাংলা
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