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Critic rating 9

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 10

...an utterly absorbing and moving drama about the changing worlds of work and home in 1950s India, and a hymn to uxorious love acted with lightness, intelligence and wit.

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Critic David Parkinson
rated 8

...captures the growing pains of a nation in transition while satirising chauvinist convention...

Read full review at Empire

Cast & Crew

Satyajit Ray
Composer
Satyajit Ray
Director
Jaya Bachchan
As Bani Mazumdar
Haradhan Bandopadhyay
As Himangshu Mukherjee
Anil Chatterjee
As Subrata Mazumdar
Madhabi Mukherjee
As Arati Mazumdar
Tapan Chatterjee
As Subrata's Colleague

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