In Search of Famine (1981)

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Released:
1981-01-04

Overview:
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.

Director:
Mrinal Sen

Runtime:
2h 8min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Dhritiman Chatterjee
    as
    Movie Director
  • Rajen Tarafdar
  • Dipankar Dey
    as
    Self
  • Radhamohan Bhattacharya
    as
    Teacher
  • Smita Patil
    as
    Self