A Vacation (1967)
Chhuti
The film takes place in a small town in Bihar (now Jharkhand). All the main characters belong to a Bengali Christian community established there. Bhramar is a teenager who lives with her father and stepmother. She is quiet and lonely, and remains sad because her relationship with her stepmother is not good. She has a good singing voice but cannot tell anyone about her desire to become a singer.
- Date of release
- 1967-01-01
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Arundhati Devi
Casting
- Ajitesh Bandopadhyay — Bhramar's Father
- Dipali Chakraborty — Tisori Abraham
- Nirmal Chatterjee — Dr. Majumder
- Romi Choudhury — Krishna
- Mrinal Mukherjee — Amal
Interesting facts
Chhuti is a 1967 Bengali film, based on a novel by Bimal Kar. It marked the directorial debut of Arundhati Devi, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music for the film. At the 14th National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Film Based on High Literary Work. It also won a number of BFJA Awards, including Best Director.
Production
The film was shot on location in and around the hill town of McCluskieganj, in present-day Jharkhand.
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