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The Cloud-Capped Star
INDIA · 1960

The Cloud-Capped Star

Ritwik Ghatak
refugee calcutta self sacrifice poverty
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Synopsis

A selfless young woman, the daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.

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Ritwik Ghatak's films, especially 'Meghe Dhaka Tara', are so raw, so powerful, and the way he uses sound is incredible. I try to bring that intensity into my films.
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