The Desolate Beach (1963)
নির্জন সৈকতে
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.
- Date of release
- 1963-05-17
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Tapan Sinha
Casting
- Anil Chatterjee — Narrator
- Sharmila Tagore — Renu
- Chhaya Devi — Sejdi
- Bharati Devi
- Renuka Roy
- Ruma Guha Thakurta — Chhoto Boudi
- Pahadi Sanyal — Siddheshwar
- Jahar Ganguly — Hotel owner
- Rabi Ghosh — Panda of Puri
- Nripati Chatterjee — Salesman
- Upamanyu Banerjee — Nikhil Sen
- Amar Mullick
Interesting facts
Nirjan Saikate is a Bengali film directed by Tapan Sinha. It was released in 1963. This movie is an adaptation of the novel by the same name from eminent Bengali writer Samaresh Basu, who wrote this travelogue under his pen name 'Kalkut'. The film won the Silver Peacock - Best Feature Film at the 3rd IFFI.
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