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The Cloud-Capped Star

The Cloud-Capped Star

Part of Partition Trilogy

1960•2h 7m•7.2/10
Drama

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7.2/10(57)

A selfless young woman, the daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.

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Chitrakalpa

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Supriya Choudhury

Supriya Choudhury

Nita

Anil Chatterjee

Anil Chatterjee

Shankar

Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay

Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay

Banshi Dutta

Bijon Bhattacharya

Bijon Bhattacharya

Taran Master

Gita Dey

Gita Dey

Mother

Gita Ghatak

Gita

Dwiju Bhawal

Mantu

Niranjan Ray

Sanat

Ranen Ray Choudhury

Baul singer

Abhi Bhattacharya

Abhi Bhattacharya

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