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The Golden Thread

The Golden Thread

Part of Partition Trilogy

1965•2h 3m•6.5/10
Drama

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6.5/10(40)

After an old college friend offers him a job at an iron foundry, the upright and honest Ishwar leaves a shanty town on the outskirts of Calcutta where he lives with a group of refugees from East Bengal. With plans to forge a solid living for himself, sister Sita and Abhiram, an orphaned boy he offers a home to, Ishwar is accused of selling out and deserting his people.

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Production

J.J. Films

Language

BN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Madhabi Mukherjee

Madhabi Mukherjee

Sita

Satindra Bhattacharya

Satindra Bhattacharya

Abhiram as an adult

Abhi Bhattacharya

Abhi Bhattacharya

Ishwar Chakraborty

Gita Dey

Gita Dey

Koushalya

Bijon Bhattacharya

Bijon Bhattacharya

Haraprasad

Indrani Chakrabarty

Little Sita

Abanish Banerjee

Hari Babu

Shyamal Ghoshal

Shyamal Ghoshal

Benimadhab

Arun Chowdhury

Gurudev

Pitambar

Rambilas

Ranen Ray Choudhury

Baul singer

Jahar Roy

Jahar Roy

Mukherjee

Umanath Bhattacharya

Akhil Babu

Radha Govinda Ghosh

Manager

Ashok Bhattacharya

Binu

Sita Mukherjee

Sita Mukherjee

Kajal Didi

Ritwik Ghatak

Ritwik Ghatak

Music teacher

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