In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art.

Madhabi Mukherjee
as Charulata

Soumitra Chatterjee
as Amal

Shailen Mukherjee
as Bhupati Dutta

Shyamal Ghoshal
as Umapada

Gitali Roy
as Mandakini (Manda)

Subrata Sensharma
as Motilal

Bankim Ghosh
as Jagannath

Dilip Bose
as Shashanka

Nilotpal Dey
as Joydeb

Bholanath Koyal
as Braja
deepkino
Departing from the West's traditional approaches to narrative, performance, and technique, Satyajit Ray tells a story of marital alienation and the tension between material and spiritual concerns. The result is a profoundly calm film that reflects on the balance between work and one's spouse....