Charuulata 2011

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Charuulata 2011
Charuulata 2011 poster.png
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Directed by Agnidev Chatterjee
Based onNastanirh
by Rabindranath Tagore
Starring Rituparna Sengupta
Arjun Chakraborty
Kaushik Sen
Release date
  • 2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)(Kolkata)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Charuulata 2011 is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Agnidev Chatterjee. [1] This film is based on Rabindranath Tagore's 1901 novella Nastanirh . [2]

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Plot

Chaiti is a beautiful young woman and wife of newspaper editor Bikramjit, a workaholic who always stays busy with his editorial works. In spite of being a highly educated woman, Chaiti has nothing to do and she spends her time with expensive saris, filing nails, and watching TV.

Thus unhappy with her marriage and after an unfortunate miscarriage, Chaiti befriends Amal to find a friendly company. Amal is good looking and adventurous. From Amal's point of view Chaiti is Charulata 2011. [2]

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References

  1. "Charuulata 2011". Times of India. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Charuulata 2011: Between the sheets". Telegraph Calcutta. 8 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2012.