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Char Adhyay(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-01-01
57%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
Overview:
Set in the Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. A group of young intellectuals get embroiled in the struggle for Indian independence, sometimes at the expense of their personal lives.
Languages: Bengali, Hindi.
Countries:
India
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Char Adhyay
Top 9 Billed Cast
Sumanto Chattopadhyay
Atindra
Shiboprosad Mukherjee
Rajat Kapoor
Jaya Bachchan
Mahatma Gandhi
Self (archive footage)
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Set in the Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. A group of young intellectuals get embroiled in the struggle for Indian independence, sometimes at the expense of their personal lives.
Release Date
1997-01-01
Average
5.7
Rating:
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