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Title
The cloud-capped star
Other Titles (e.g. Variant)
Meghe Dhaka Tara (Original language title)
Type
Moving Image
Monograph
Subject
Families--India--West Bengal--Drama (LCSH)
Single women--Family relationships--India--West Bengal--Drama (LCSH)
Refugees--India--West Bengal--Social conditions--Drama (LCSH)
Parent and adult child--Drama (LCSH)
Happiness--Drama (LCSH)
Self-sacrifice--Drama (LCSH)
Families
Happiness
Parent and adult child
Refugees--Social conditions
Self-sacrifice
Single women--Family relationships
India--West Bengal
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: DVE 8530 (viewing copy) (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Moving Image Technique(s)
live action
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Note
Includes translation or is translation
subtitles: : English
original text: : Bengali
language: In Bengali with optional English subtitles.
Summary
Tells the story of a family that has been uprooted by the Partition of India and come to depend on its eldest daughter, the self-sacrificing Neeta. She watches helplessly as her own hopes and desires are pushed aside time and again by those of her siblings and parents, until all her chances for happiness evaporate, leaving her crushed and ailing.
Duration
PT127M
Origin Date(s)
1960
Authorized Access Point
The cloud-capped star