The Desolate Beach

Overview

A writer meets five widows on a train to Puri. As the six lives begin to intertwine, the theme of the taboos of widowhood emerge; but so, too, does a philosophy of life and hope for the future. The performers collectively won Best Actress at India's National Film Awards in 1964.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 17, 1963

Original language

Bangla

Spoken languages

Bengali

Countries

India

Cast

Jahar Ganguly,Surya Chatterjee,Ruma Guha Thakurta,Khagesh Chakravarti,Minati Mishra,Amar Mullick,Dilip Chatterjee,Rathin Ghosh,Pahadi Sanyal,Nripati Chatterjeeand 7 more

Director

Tapan Sinha

Writer

Tapan Sinha,Samaresh Basu

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0323414