Revered auteur Ritwik Ghatak also used neorealism to push Indian cinema forward and this was perhaps his greatest film. The first of a trilogy examining the human cost of Partition, it follows a Calcutta village girl whose struggle to keep her family out of poverty is constantly undermined. Her final words in the film rank as one of Indian cinema’s most famous lines.
Premier of Victoria
Minister For Innovation
Festival Director
FESTIVAL AMBASSADOR
the Lord Mayor
