The Golden Thread (1965)

6.5/10 123 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Madhabi Mukherjee

Sita

Satindra Bhattacharya

Abhiram as an adult

Abhi Bhattacharya

Ishwar Chakraborty

Gita Dey

Koushalya

Bijon Bhattacharya

Haraprasad

Shyamal Ghoshal

Benimadhab

Jahar Roy

Mukherjee

Sita Mukherjee

Kajal Didi

Ritwik Ghatak

Music teacher

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