Chokher Bali (2003)
Directed by Rituparno Ghosh / Rituparna Ghosh
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Melodrama, Period Film |
Release Date - Oct 2, 2003 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 170 min. |
Countries - India |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur
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.
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colonialism, domestic, widow/widower
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High Production Values