Jatugriha
Jatugriha is a Bengali social drama film directed by Tapan Sinha and produced by Uttam Kumar based on the novel of the same name by Subodh Ghosh.[1] This film was released on 20 March 1964 under the banner of Uttam Kumar Films Privatet Limited. A 1987 Bollywood film Ijaazat, directed by Gulzar, follows a similar plot.[2][3][4]
Plot
Shatadal meets Madhuri after a long time in a railway station and their story is narrated through a series of flashbacks. They actually were a happily-married couple. Satadal was a successful engineer who lived with his wife Madhuri. But day-by-day, their relationship runs into emotional stress due to childlessness. Madhuri cannot bear a child and her husband Shatadal is fond of children. Finally, the couple decided to break up. When they meet in the station, they realize their fondness for each other has not died.
Cast
- Uttam Kumar as Shatadal
- Arundhati Devi as Madhuri
- Anil Chatterjee as Supryio
- Bikash Roy
- Kajal Gupta
- Binota Roy
References
- Ghosh,subodh. "Jatugriha". archive.org. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- "The Master at His Best". The Indian Express. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- "Gulzar to make a Bengali film". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- "Relationship status: it's complicated". thehindu.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.