The Golden Thread

The Golden Thread (1965)Cast and Crew

Movie

Cast

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Madhabi Mukherjee
as Sita
S
Satindra Bhattacharya
as Abhiram as an adult
A
Abhi Bhattacharya
as Ishwar Chakraborty
G
Gita Dey
as Koushalya
B
Bijon Bhattacharya
as Haraprasad
I
Indrani Chakrabarty
as Little Sita
A
Abanish Banerjee
as Hari Babu
S
Shyamal Ghoshal
as Benimadhab
A
Arun Chowdhury
as Gurudev
P
Pitambar
as Rambilas
R
Ranen Ray Choudhury
as Baul singer
J
Jahar Roy
as Mukherjee
U
Umanath Bhattacharya
as Akhil Babu
R
Radha Govinda Ghosh
as Manager
A
Ashok Bhattacharya
as Binu
S
Sita Mukherjee
as Kajal Didi
R
Ritwik Ghatak
as Music teacher

Crew

R
Ritwik Ghatak
Director
R
Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala
Story
R
Ritwik Ghatak
Writer
U
Umanath Bhattacharya
Writer

Partition Trilogy

Ritwik Ghatak was averse to the term “refugee problem”. In one of his interviews, he said, “I have tackled the refugee problem, as you have used the term, not as a ‘refugee’ problem. To me it was the division of a culture, and I was shocked”. This shock would give birth to a trilogy on the Partition – Meghe Dhaka Tara (The Cloud-Capped Star), 1960; Komal Gandhar (E-Flat), 1961; and Subarnarekha (The Golden Thread), 1962. In them, he highlighted the insecurity and anxiety engendered by the homelessness of the refugees of Bengal; tried to convey how Partition struck at the roots of Bengali culture; and sought to express the nostalgia and yearning that many Bengalis felt for their pre-Partition way of life.