Childhood sweethearts Lalita and Shekhar wish to get married someday. However, Shekhar's growing suspicions about Lalita coupled with his conniving father's antics threaten to tear them apart.
Acting
Vidya Balan's debut radiates quiet devastation.
Cinematography
Calcutta glows like a dying dream.
Director
Pradeep Sarkar
Saif Ali Khan
Shekhar N. Roy
Vidya Balan
Lalita
Sanjay Dutt
Girish Sharma
Sabyasachi Chakraborty
Navinchandra Roy
Raima Sen
Koyal
Dia Mirza
Gayetri Tatya
Achyut Potdar
Gurcharan
Supriya Shukla
Sunita
Amitabh Bachchan
Narrator
Rekha
Moulin Rouge Singer
Tina Datta
Teenage Lalita
George Baker
William Eckhart
Haradhan Bandyopadhyay
Chatterjee
Rajesh Sharma
Kharaj Mukherjee
Singer in Recording Studio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1914 novel has been adapted 13 times; this version moves the setting to 1960s Calcutta to highlight post-Partition class anxiety.
Vidya Balan was rejected 75 times before this role; Sarkar spotted her in a Hum Paanch rerun and fought the producers.
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