| Charuulata 2011 | |
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| Directed by | Agnidev Chatterjee |
| Based on | Nastanirh by Rabindranath Tagore |
| Starring | Rituparna Sengupta Arjun Chakraborty Kaushik Sen |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Charuulata 2011 is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Agnidev Chatterjee. [1] This film is based on Rabindranath Tagore's 1901 novella Nastanirh . [2]
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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