36 Chowringhee Lane
1981 · Movie · 122 min. · India
After the marriage of her niece, Rosemary, Anglo-Indian school-teacher Violet Stoneham lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta, with only a tom cat for company. She is thrilled when a former student, Nandita Roy, looks her up and also brings her boyfriend, Samaresh Moitra, to her flat. Samaresh is an author and likes the solitude of Violet's flat, and would like to write his new novel there, to which Violet readily agrees to. He likes her antique record-player and she gives it to him as a gift. She hopes she has become part of a family again. It is Christmas time and Violet would like to bake a cake and visit Nandita and Samaresh to surprise them. But is a surprise that awaits her when she reaches her destination.
Direction Aparna Sen
Cast Jennifer Kendal · Dhritiman Chatterjee · Debashree Roy · Geoffrey Kendal · Soni Razdan · Sanjana Kapoor · Karan Kapoor · Ruma Guha Thakurta · Munmun Kapoor · Dina Ardeshir · Fae Soares · Renu Roy · Sylvia Philips · Kamalini Sen Sharma · Mahrukh Doctor
Soundtrack Vanraj Bhatia
Screenplay Aparna Sen
Cinematography Ashok Mehta
Original title 36 Chowringhee Lane
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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