Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1960-04-13

Languagebn

Runtime2h 7m

Production

Chitrakalpa

7.2(58)

•1960•2h 7m

The Cloud-Capped Star

Drama

Overview

A selfless young woman, the daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.

Director

Ritwik Ghatak

Writing & Screenplay

Ritwik Ghatak

Cinematography

Dinen Gupta

Principal Cast

10 credited

Supriya ChoudhuryNita

Anil ChatterjeeShankar

Gyanesh MukhopadhyayBanshi Dutta

Bijon BhattacharyaTaran Master

Ranen Ray ChoudhuryBaul singer

Abhi Bhattacharya

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