Four men, each peculiar in his own way, embark on a quest to reason with the estranged wife of the protagonist. This film is considered to be Ghatak's autobiographical film.
A Middle Aged Woman named Sheba comes to an Obscure town named Nijhumgarh to be the Governess of a Renowned Household called "Raykuthi". But little did she know about the Bungalow and the dwellers. She gets startled to know that two murders took place there nearly seven years earlier. The Mist of the mysterious happenings get only thicker. Now Sheba could only pray for it to Go Away as incidents transcend the rules of our physical world.
A promising artist and a singer fall in love in college and get married against their families' wishes. The singer soon begins performing to support her husband and becomes nationally renowned. On the other hand, the artist fails to earn a livelihood and becomes alcoholic.
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.
Basada en un relato de Rabindranath Tagore ambientado a finales del siglo XIX, cuando la India era todavía una colonia inglesa. Charu, una mujer de la alta sociedad bengalí que lleva una vida ociosa, está casada con Bhupati. Éste, que ha heredado una fortuna, utiliza su dinero para publicar un periódico político, y se siente orgulloso de no haberse dejado arrastrar por la comodidad y la desidia.
En Calcuta, Subrata Majumdar se esfuerza por mantener a su familia (esposa, hijo, hermana menor y padres) con el modesto e insuficiente sueldo que percibe como empleado de banca. Dadas las circunstancias, su esposa Arati plantea la posibilidad de ponerse a trabajar, pero Subrata lo descarta como algo contrario a la tradición familiar india. Sin embargo, al final, no tendrá más remedio que aceptar la necesidad de que Arati trabaje. (FILMAFFINITY)
