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7.4/10   155 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Premendra Mitra (story)
Satyajit Ray (writer)
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Release Date:
7 May 1965 (India) more
Plot:
Amitabha Roy (Soumitra Chatterjee), a sriptwriter has a breakdown near a tea-estate and he is offered... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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Cast

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Soumitra Chatterjee ... Amitabha Roy
Madhabi Mukherjee ... Karuna Gupta
Haradhan Bannerjee ... Bimal Gupta
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Directed by
Satyajit Ray 
 
Writing credits
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Premendra Mitra  story "Janaiko Kapurusher Kahini"
Satyajit Ray  writer

Original Music by
Satyajit Ray 
 
Cinematography by
Soumendu Roy 
 
Film Editing by
Dulal Dutta 
 
Production Design by
Bansi Chandragupta 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Amiya Sanyal .... first assistant director
 
Sound Department
Atul Chatterjee .... sound
Nripen Paul .... sound
Sujit Sarkar .... sound
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Coward
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Runtime:
74 min
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10 out of 12 people found the following review useful.
Revival of burnt out passions or de-ja vu?, 5 November 2004
Author: pablo16 from Kolkata, India

This can be categorized as another Ray short-of-a-full-length venture! The title could not be more apt, as COWARD is written all over the young writer(Soumitra Chatterjee)- especially after we are told of the past sequence. Some years ago, Amitabh had refused to marry lover Karuna in haste. He needed 'time' to think it over, the city was big, he was starting to work, he wasn't even established properly- how could he marry Karuna suddenly?

Many years later, his car breaks down and he is given shelter for the evening in Bimal Gupta's house- a successful tea planter somewhere in Darjeeling. The tea-planter is lonely in that part of the world with no neighbors nearby, hence he talks garrulously about his takes on life. Amitabha is now an established screen-writer who talks less but is astounded to meet Bimal's wife- Karuna.

A breakthrough performance by Madhabi Mukherjee, this is a wonderful movie which will not fail to appeal anyone.

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