Three Daughters
1961, Bengali. Directed by Satyajit Ray.
Three stories with three central female characters linking the stories together. The first one concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. The second one is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. The final one follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family.
- Runtime
- 2h 53m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Bengali
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Cast & crew
- Satyajit RayDirector
- Anil ChatterjeeNandal (segment "The Postmaster")
- Chandana BanerjeeRatan (segment "The Postmaster")
- Nripati ChatterjeeBishey (segment "The Postmaster")
- Khagen PathakKhagen (segment "The Postmaster")
- Gopay RoyBilash (segment "The Postmaster")
- Kali BannerjeePhanibhushan Saha (segment "The Lost Jewels")
- Kanika MajumdarMonimalika (segment "The Lost Jewels")
- Kumar RoyMadhusudhan (segment "The Lost Jewels")
- Gobinda ChakravartiSchoolmaster (segment "The Lost Jewels")
- Soumitra ChatterjeeAmulya (segment "The Conclusion")
- Aparna SenMrinmoyee "Pagli" (segment "The Conclusion")
- Sita MukherjeeJogmaya (segment "The Conclusion")
Details
- Released
- 5 May 1961
- Original title
- তিন কন্যা
- Country
- India
- Written by
- Satyajit Ray
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Three Daughters runs 173 minutes (2h 53m).
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Who directed Three Daughters?
Three Daughters (1961) was directed by Satyajit Ray and stars Anil Chatterjee, Chandana Banerjee, Nripati Chatterjee.