3 Movies Starring Madhabi Mukherjee

The Big City

The Big City

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-09-27

Languages:

Bengali, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (1621 Reviews)

Director:

Satyajit Ray

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Narendranath Mitra (from a story by)

Satyajit Ray (scenario)

Satyajit Ray (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Calcutta in the early 1960's. Bhambal supports his wife Arati, his parents, and two children. Money is tight, so Arati goes to work. She's successful and enjoys it, but this untraditional step throws the household into chaos: her in-laws initiate a "cold war" of silence and disapproval. When Bhambal loses his job, her working is essential; he loses self respect, and the gulf between them widens. Arati questions whether to keep her daughter in school. At work, her friendship with Edith, a Euro-Indian who smokes, swears, and uses lipstick, brings Arati close to impertinence with her genial boss. Her job is imperiled, she acts impulsively, and who will understand her actions?

Charulata

Charulata

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-04-17

Languages:

Bengali, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (2772 Reviews)

Director:

Satyajit Ray

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Rabindranath Tagore (from the story "Nastaneer")

Satyajit Ray (scenario)

Satyajit Ray (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Charu lives a lonely and idle life in 1870s India. Although her husband Bhupati devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage, he sees her loneliness and asks his brother-in-law,Umapada to keep her company. At the same time Bhupati's own brother, Amal, a would-be writer comes home finishing his college education. However, after several months, Charu and Amal's feelings for each other move beyond literary friendship.

The Coward

The Coward

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-05-07

Languages:

Bengali, Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

74 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (613 Reviews)

Director:

Satyajit Ray

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Premendra Mitra (story)

Satyajit Ray (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Amitabha Roy (Soumitra Chatterjee), a sriptwriter has a breakdown near a tea-estate and he is offered a place to stay by the estate manager (Haradhan Banerjee) at his bungalow. When he reaches, Amitabha finds out that the manager is married to his ex-girlfriend, Karuna (Madhabi Mukherjee). The manager has invited Amitabha to assuage his own boredom # and fails to notice the uneasiness between his wife and the guest. The plot unfolds over a period of approximately one-day when they have dinner, breakfast and go for a picnic # and small gestures rekindle Amitabha's memories. Through a series of flashbacks, he remembers their first meeting, courtship and separation (which was solely because of his lack of courage to make a commitment). Amitabha's current affluence and his suspicion of Karuna's unhappiness leads him to propose to Karuna once again but she is inclined to believe that the time to muster up courage has gone past.

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