

A village girl loves a city lawyer, then the 80s melodrama EXPLODES.
Gauri, an average girl from a village, falls in love with a wealthy man from the city, Samir. The unusual couple go through a series of turmoil after Samir goes abroad to study law.
Acting
Sharmila Tagore's transformation from naive to devastated.
Direction
Prabhat Roy's maximalist emotional escalation.
Score
1980s Bengali film music that WANTS you to weep.

Director
Prabhat Roy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Naseeruddin Shah's rare Bengali film appearance—he learned his lines phonetically.
The 'abroad for education' trope reflected real 1980s middle-class anxieties about brain drain and abandoned fiancées.