In Search of Famine

1981

2h 8m

6.9(10 votes)

Drama

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.

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Cast & Crew

13 members

Acting

Dhritiman Chatterjee

Movie Director

Acting

Sreela Majumdar

Durga

Acting

स्मिता पाटिल

Self

Acting

Biplab Chatterjee

Self

Acting

Dipankar Dey

Self

Acting

Monu Mukherjee

Father of nurse

Acting

Radhamohan Bhattacharya

Teacher

Acting

Gita Sen

Unknown Role

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Directing

Rajen Tarafdar

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Devika Mukherjee

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Radhamohan Bhattacharya

Unknown Role

Acting

Sajal Roychoudhury

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Satya Banerjee

Unknown Role

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