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.

The Golden Thread (1965)

★ 6.5/10 October 1, 1965 123 min

Drama

Director: Ritwik Ghatak  ·  Writers: Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala, Ritwik Ghatak, Umanath Bhattacharya

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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Director

Ritwik Ghatak

Cast

Madhabi Mukherjee Sita Satindra Bhattacharya Abhiram as an adult Abhi Bhattacharya Ishwar Chakraborty Gita Dey Koushalya Bijon Bhattacharya Haraprasad Indrani Chakrabarty Little Sita Abanish Banerjee Hari Babu Shyamal Ghoshal Benimadhab Arun Chowdhury Gurudev Pitambar Rambilas Ranen Ray Choudhury Baul singer Jahar Roy Mukherjee