Chokher Bali (2003)
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Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh directs the costume melodrama Chokher Bali: A Passion Play, based on the 1902 novel by Rabindranath Tagore. Set in the early 1900s, the film draws parallels between the British colonization of Bengal and the domestic situation of a Calcutta household. Hindi-speaking… More Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh directs the costume melodrama Chokher Bali: A Passion Play, based on the 1902 novel by Rabindranath Tagore. Set in the early 1900s, the film draws parallels between the British colonization of Bengal and the domestic situation of a Calcutta household. Hindi-speaking movie star Aishawarya Rai plays the lead role of Binodini, a young widow who arrives at the home of Westernized patriarch Mahendra (Prosenjit Chatterjee). While working as a caretaker for his mother Rajlakshmi (Lily Chakraborty), she becomes close personal friends with his wife Ashalata (Raima Sen). Eventually, Binodini's duplicitous actions shake up the entire household. Rai and Sen's voices have been dubbed into Bengali. Chokher Bali was nominated for the Golden Leopard at the 2003 Locarno International Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Rituparno Ghosh
- Written By
- Rabindranath Tagore, Rituparno Ghosh
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2003 Wide
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Cast
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Lily Chakraborty
as Rajlakshmi
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Prosenjit Chatterjee
as Mahendra
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Tota Raychaudhuri
as Behari
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Aishwarya Rai
as Binodini
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Raima Sen
as Ashalata
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Sonali Chakrabarti
as Shanti
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Sudeshna Ray
as Kamal
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Mousumi Saha
as Swarna
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Shuchita Raychaudhuri
as Annapurna
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Zarin Chaudhuri
as Sister Agnes
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Abhishek Bose
as Basanta
- Lily Chakravarty
- Tota Roy Chowdhury
