Jeevan Trshnaa
Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Chhaya Devi, Vikas Roy
Vaguely recall having seen this a while ago, with its complex storyline but satisfying end. Some lovely shots of a bygone era of Calcutta with more empty spaces, more skyline and trees, than could be seen later.
And the ubiquitous train so loved by Bengal filmmakers, except here it's neither in distance nor across fields, nor the attractive symbol of the unknown it's rushing to, or even of modern world intruding on an eternal steady agrarian life, but an intruder spewing fumes of coal smoke - the train is of the era prior to diesel and steam - and darkening horizons, giving one anxiety about the clean white clothes the beautiful woman wears and the wash she hangs out on the terrace.
Generally the theme running through this isn't uncommon to films of that time whether Bengali or those of the less commercially Hindi ones, about the gulf between rich and their no less associates not exactly of slums but still struggling to make ends meet and yet maintaining a life of dignity, of a middle class self respect and respectability, and the clashes of sensibilities that ensue.
Wonder who the beautiful artist dancing 37:00 - 37:59 is. It isn't Dipti Roy, that is the beautiful one playing mother of the small boy. Geeta Pal, Sadhana Raychaudhury?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3I8Z6BXBR3w
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