Three Daughters

Three Daughters

1961 · 173 min · ★ 7.6 · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Three stories with three central female characters linking the stories together. The first one concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. The second one is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. The final one follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family.

Directed by Satyajit Ray · Written by Satyajit Ray

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Anil Chatterjee Nandal (segment "The Postmaster")
Chandana Banerjee Ratan (segment "The Postmaster")
Nripati Chatterjee Bishey (segment "The Postmaster")
Khagen Pathak Khagen (segment "The Postmaster")
Gopay Roy Bilash (segment "The Postmaster")
Kali Bannerjee Phanibhushan Saha (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Kanika Majumdar Monimalika (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Kumar Roy Madhusudhan (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Gobinda Chakravarti Schoolmaster (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Soumitra Chatterjee Amulya (segment "The Conclusion")
Aparna Sen Mrinmoyee "Pagli" (segment "The Conclusion")
Sita Mukherjee Jogmaya (segment "The Conclusion")

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