This was a beautiful movie directed by Mrinal Sen and starring Kali Banerjee, Manju Dey in the lead roles. Set in the 1930s it delves into a brother sister relationship between a Chinese hawker and an Indian housewife who is active in the Indian resistance movement. The Chinese hawker is played by Kali Banerjee and he speaks only Hindi or English in the movie. He has a background in China where he loses his only sister because he has to pay his debts to the landlord and because of overworking he falls ill and his sister pledges one necklace which he had given to her for getting some money. Instead she gets raped and when the brother comes to know it, he mercilessly throws her out of the house losing her forever. Therefore when Bosonti played by Manju calls him brother he showers all his brotherly love on her causing some friction and jealousy amongst her family members and his lady love also. Manju Dey plays the role of Bosonti quite brilliantly. Mrinal Sen has done a super job with the movie.
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