A village bride walks into city lights and gets shown the door. Classic Bengali cinema does NOT play nice.
Village belle Moyna is married to city boy Prasanta and is rejected.
Acting
Sumitra Mukherjee devastating as the rejected Moyna.
Direction
Asim Bandyopadhyay's unflinching social critique.
Director
Asim Bandyopadhyay
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1978 Bengali cinema was obsessed with urban-rural divides; this is one of the bleakest takes. The 'village bride rejected by city in-laws' became a recurring archetype in regional cinema.
Ranjit Mallick's character Prasanta represents a specific Bengali male type: educated enough to marry for love, too weak to protect his wife. The film refuses to redeem him.
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