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The Desolate Beach

A writer meets five widows on a train to Puri. As the six lives begin to intertwine, the theme of the taboos of widowhood emerge; but so, too, does a philosophy of life and hope for the future. The performers collectively won Best Actress at India's National Film Awards in 1964.

2h 10m1963TMDb 6.2

Drama

Bangla

Crew and Cast

Tapan SinhaTapan SinhaDirectorAnil ChatterjeeAnil ChatterjeeNarratorSharmila TagoreSharmila TagoreRenuChhaya DeviChhaya DeviSejdiBharati DeviBharati DeviRenuka RoyRenuka RoyRuma Guha ThakurtaRuma Guha ThakurtaChhoto BoudiPahadi SanyalPahadi SanyalSiddheshwarJahar GangulyJahar GangulyHotel ownerRabi GhoshRabi GhoshPanda of Puri
Nripati ChatterjeeSalesman
Upamanyu BanerjeeNikhil Sen
Amar Mullick
Khagesh Chakravarti
Rathin GhoshSurya ChatterjeeSurya Chatterjee
Dilip Chatterjee
Minati MishraOdissi dancer

Storyline

A writer meets five widows on a train to Puri. As the six lives begin to intertwine, the theme of the taboos of widowhood emerge; but so, too, does a philosophy of life and hope for the future. The performers collectively won Best Actress at India's National Film Awards in 1964.

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Info

Original title
নির্জন সৈকতে
Status
Released
Released
17 May 1963
Runtime
2h 10m
TMDB score
6.2 / 10 (5 votes)

Production

Director
Tapan Sinha
Writers
Tapan Sinha, Samaresh Basu
Countries
India

Languages

Original
Bangla
Spoken
Bengali, Oriya