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The Lady of the House (2000)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 30M

Director : Rituparno Ghosh

Synopsis

A quiet drama about a lonely, sad, middle-aged woman, Banalata, who has lived a solitary existence since her husband-to-be died the night before their wedding from a snake bite. Never having quite gotten over the tragedy, she rarely ventures out and is clearly very lonely. This changes when she agrees to allow a film production to shoot in a wing in her sprawling estate.

Actors

Kirron Kher
Kirron Kher
Banalata
Chiranjeet Chakraborty
Chiranjeet Chakraborty
Deepanakar
Roopa Ganguly
Roopa Ganguly
Sudeshna
Sudipta Chakraborty
Sudipta Chakraborty
Malati
Surya Chatterjee
Surya Chatterjee
Prasanna
Abhishekh Chatterjee
Abhishekh Chatterjee
Abhijeet
Shivprasad Mukerjee
Shivprasad Mukerjee
Debashish

Crews

Rituparno Ghosh
Rituparno Ghosh
Director
Rituparno Ghosh
Rituparno Ghosh
Writer
Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher
Producer
Rabiranjan Maitra
Rabiranjan Maitra
Executive Producer
Debojyoti Mishra
Debojyoti Mishra
Music

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