Chokher Bali is a Bengali drama film directed by Satu Sen based on the same name novel of Rabindranath Tagore. ^{[1] [2]} This film was released on 30 July 1938 under the banner of Associated Producers. ^[3] This is the first film adaptation of Chokher Bali. ^[4]

Reaction of Tagore

Rabindranath himself watched the movie while staying at Jorasanko ^[5] and later he wrote a letter on 4 August 1938 from Santiniketan that:

while staying in Calcutta I had the opportunity to see the ''cinema -natya'' Chokher Bali in the Jorasanko House. I was especially satisfied with the praiseworthy acting skill. The way the actors were able to express the tremendous inner conflict of the hero-heroines leading to an exciting document speaks of real credit on their part...

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Plot

This movie revolves with extramarital affair between a young widow Binodini and Mahendra. Mahendra's wife Ashalata is a good friend of Binodini. For her feelings of love and affection, Binodini comes to stay with Mahendra's family. Behari, Mahendra's best childhood friend also mentally involves with Binodini. ^{[7] [8]}

Cast

• Chhabi Biswas as Bihari
• Rama Banerjee as Annapurna
• Manoranjan Bhattacharya as Sadhucharan
• Haren Mukherjee as Mahendra
• Suprava Mukherjee as Binodini
• Santilata Ghosh as Rajlakshmi
• Indira Roy as Ashalata
• Atri Guha Thakurta
• Sibkali Chatterjee

External links

• Chokher Bali at IMDb

References