Charulata (The Lonely Wife) is a 1964 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, featuring Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee and Sailen Mukherjee. It is based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore, Nastanirh (The Broken Nest). Many, including Satyajit Ray himself, considered Charulata to be his greatest achievement. Ray famously said that it had the "least flaws" of all his movies. The character of Charulata also was Ray's favorite and he depicted her as the "archetypal Bengali woman". Jump to: navigation, search Satyajit Ray (Bangla:সত্যজিত্‍ রায়) (May 2, 1921 - April 23, 1992) was an Academy Award winning Indian film director whose films are perhaps the greatest testament to Bengali and Indian cinema. ... Soumitra Chatterjee (born 1935) is a Bengali actor from India, most famous for his frequent collaborations with the great Indian director Satyajit Ray. ... Madhabi Mukherjee is a famous Bengali film actress who starred in two of Satyajit Rays films Charulata and Mahanagar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jump to: navigation, search Satyajit Ray (Bangla:সত্যজিত্‍ রায়) (May 2, 1921 - April 23, 1992) was an Academy Award winning Indian film director whose films are perhaps the greatest testament to Bengali and Indian cinema. ... Soumitra Chatterjee (born 1935) is a Bengali actor from India, most famous for his frequent collaborations with the great Indian director Satyajit Ray. ... Madhabi Mukherjee is a famous Bengali film actress who starred in two of Satyajit Rays films Charulata and Mahanagar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (Bangla: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর, Robindronath Å¢hakur) (May 7, 1861 – August 7, 1941) (in the Bangla Calendar, 25 Baishakh, 1268 – 22 Srabon, 1348), also called Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo philosopher and nationalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913, becoming the...

Story

The film tells the story of a lonely wife, known as Charu (Madhabi Mukherjee), who lives a wealthy, secluded and idle life in 1870's Calcutta. Her husband, Bhupati (Sailen Mukherjee), runs a newspaper, The Sentinel, and spends more time with work than with his wife. However, he notices that Charu is lonely, and asks his brother-in-law, Amal (Soumitra Chatterjee), to keep her company. Amal is a writer and is asked to help Charu with her own writing. However, after several months, Charu and Amal's feelings for each other move beyond a mentoring relationship. This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ...

Awards

Charulata won Satyajit his second Silver Bear for best direction in Berlin in 1964. He had won in the previous year with Mahanagar. Mahanagar (The Big City, 1963) is a 1963 film directed by Satyajit Ray. ...

External link

• Charulata (SatyajitRay.org)