The tragic story set in the late 1930s, just before famine struck Bengal. It tells of the marriage of a dumpy middle-aged salesman of small goods to a beautiful teenager, and how, after initial days of happiness together, a series of misfortunes strike which slowly embitter the man.

Credits

Mrinal SenDirector

Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay

Madhabi Mukherjee

Hemangini Devi

Umanath Bhattacharya