Prabir goes to war where he meets his doppelganger, Rataneshwar, who eventually dies in combat. Prabir decides to visit Rataneshwar's family to inform them about his death but the family mistake him for Rataneshwar.
Acting
Uttam Kumar playing two men subtly distinct yet tragically merged
Direction
Agradoot's patient buildup of unbearable domestic tension
Director
Agradoot
Uttam Kumar
Prabir Chatterjee / Rataneshwar Bhattacharya (Dual Role)
Supriya Choudhury
Arati Sen
Sabitri Chatterjee
Sati Bhattacharya
Anil Chatterjee
Arun Bose
Pahadi Sanyal
Amrit Sen
Nibhanani Devi
Rataneshwar's Mother
Gangapada Basu
Sanat
Premangshu Bose
Subrata
Shailen Mukherjee
Latu
Gita Dey
Sudha
Ketaki Dutta
Singer in the Temple
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Uttam Kumar reportedly requested minimal makeup differentiation between Pranbir and Rateshwar, forcing audiences to read performance rather than cosmetics.
The doppelgänger trope in 1960s Bengali cinema often explored post-Partition identity anxiety—here literalized through war trauma and impossible homecomings.
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