Three Daughters (1961)

Three Daughters (1961)

1961-05-05 India 173 Min. PG-13
7.6 19 votes

Overview

Three stories with three central female characters linking the stories together. The first one concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. The second one is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. The final one follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family.

Cast

Chandana Banerjee is Ratan (segment
Ratan (segment "The Postmaster")
Nripati Chatterjee is Bishey (segment
Bishey (segment "The Postmaster")
Anil Chatterjee is Nandal (segment
Nandal (segment "The Postmaster")
Khagen Pathak is Khagen (segment
Khagen (segment "The Postmaster")
Kali Bannerjee is Phanibhushan Saha (segment
Phanibhushan Saha (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Kanika Majumdar is Monimalika (segment
Monimalika (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Kumar Roy is Madhusudhan (segment
Madhusudhan (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Gobinda Chakravarti is Schoolmaster (segment
Schoolmaster (segment "The Lost Jewels")
Soumitra Chatterjee is Amulya (segment
Amulya (segment "The Conclusion")
Aparna Sen is Mrinmoyee
Mrinmoyee "Pagli" (segment "The Conclusion")
Sita Mukherjee is Jogmaya (segment
Jogmaya (segment "The Conclusion")
Gita Dey is Nistarini (segment
Nistarini (segment "The Conclusion")