Three Daughters
Genres
Overview
Three stories with three central female characters linking the stories together. The first one concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. The second one is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. The final one follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
173 min
Release Date
1961-05-05
Status
Released
Original Language
Bengali
Vote Count
19
Vote Average
7.6
Chandana Banerjee
Ratan (segment "The Postmaster")
Nripati Chatterjee
Bishey (segment "The Postmaster")
Anil Chatterjee
Nandal (segment "The Postmaster")
Khagen Pathak
Khagen (segment "The Postmaster")
Kali Bannerjee
Phanibhushan Saha (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Kanika Majumdar
Monimalika (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Kumar Roy
Madhusudhan (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Gobinda Chakravarti
Schoolmaster (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Soumitra Chatterjee
Amulya (segment "The Conclusion")
Aparna Sen
Mrinmoyee "Pagli" (segment "The Conclusion")
Sita Mukherjee
Jogmaya (segment "The Conclusion")
Gita Dey
Nistarini (segment "The Conclusion")
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7.2
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