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1981

In Search of Famine

Directed by Mrinal Sen

A young, idealistic director arrives in a village to make a picture set during the Great Bengal Famine. It’s a film that he hopes will reveal the problems and privations still current in rural India.

Duration

2h 8m

Released

January 4, 1981

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6.9

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Cast13

  • Dhritiman Chatterjee
  • Sreela Majumdar
  • Smita Patil
  • Biplab Chatterjee
  • Dipankar Dey
  • Monu Mukherjee
  • Radhamohan Bhattacharya
  • Gita Sen
  • Rajen Tarafdar

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