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INDIA · 1960

The Cloud-Capped Star

Ritwik Ghatak
Indian Parallel Cinema 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.

Year1960
CountryIndia
DirectorRitwik Ghatak
MovementIndian Parallel Cinema
Cinematic Threads
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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