In Search of Famine
1981 · 128 min · ★ 7.2 · Drama
A young, idealistic director arrives in a village to make a picture set during the Great Bengal Famine. It’s a film that he hopes will reveal the problems and privations still current in rural India.
Directed by Mrinal Sen · Written by Mrinal Sen
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Dhritiman Chatterjee Movie Director - R Rajen Tarafdar
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Dipankar Dey Self -
Radhamohan Bhattacharya Teacher -
Smita Patil Self -
Sreela Majumdar Durga - G Gita Sen
- D Devika Mukherjee
- J Jayanta Chowdhury
- J Jochan Dastidar
- N Nilkantha Sengupta
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Biplab Chatterjee Self
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