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Karuna Banerjee was an Indian film actress who appeared mostly in Bengali films. She gained recognition for her role as the matriarch in Satyajit Ray's film, "Pather Panchali." Banerjee acted in over 70 films before her death in 2001, at the age of 82.
Aparajito picks up where the first film leaves off, with Apu and his family having moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Varanasi (then known as Benares). As Apu progresses...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >The spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty meditation on poverty, natural disaster and political...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >Ranjit is a young man who has been assured a lucrative job. All he has to do is turn up for the interview dressed in a western style suit, but all the city laundries are on strike that morning, and hi...
Find out more, including where to stream or buy >The school of a remote and poor village shut down, the head master Krishna Prasanna (Chhabi) migrates to city in search of job. He moves with family, wife Labanya (Karuna), nubile daughter (Ranjana) a...
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