Char Adhyay

Genres

Drama

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Set in the Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. A group of young intellectuals get embroiled in the struggle for Indian independence, sometimes at the expense of their personal lives.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Bengali

Runtime

110 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

01 January 1997

Country

India

Cast

Nandini Ghosal

Ela

Sumanto Chattopadhyay

Atindra

Kaushik Gopal

Indranath

Shiboprosad Mukherjee

Rajat Kapoor

Shruti Yusufi

Ramchandra Parihar

Jaya Bachchan

Mahatma Gandhi

Self (archive footage)

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