

A hunger that no feast can satisfy—Bengali cinema's forgotten gut-punch.
Acting
Tulsi Chakraborty's weary patriarch breaks your heart silently.
Direction
Panchamitra lets poverty breathe without exploitation.
Director
Panchamrita
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the peak of Bengali parallel cinema's social consciousness wave, rarely screened outside Kolkata film archives.
Kali Bannerjee reportedly fasted for two days before the climactic dinner scene to achieve authentic physical trembling.