Harisadhan Dasgupta

Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the Bengal river around which their daily lives unfold. Enriched by Renoir’s subtle understanding and appreciation for India and its people, The River gracefully explores the fragile connections between transitory emotions and everlasting creation.

Being an unwed mother, Kamal Lata had no option but to abort the child and move on with life. The man who left her comes back into her life, but she decides to stay in Vrindavan.

Set in a changing cultural landscape, a young woman grapples with the pressures of conforming to societal roles and her personal desires

Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was one of the foremost musicians of Hindustani music and was regarded as the best representative of the Patiala Gharana. Possessing an uncommonly rich and mellifluous voice, his forte was Khayals and Thumris. https://archive.org/details/dni.ncaa.SNA-9-VCD