1905. Winter. Bengal, India. The period of British rule in India. Following the 'divide-and-rule' policy, Lord Curzon has decided to partition Bengal; one for Hindus and another for Muslims. The people launch a nationalist movement - Swadeshi, appealing for a boycott of foreign-made goods. The movement is symbolised by public burning of foreign-made goods, mainly the British textiles.
Bimala (Swatilekha Chatterjee) is the wife of a landlord-king Nikhil (Victor Banerjee) who has had a Western education in England and has liberal views. She is content to live in seclusion of her inner apartments and has no desire break the custom to explore the outside world. Nikhil is the only man she has ever interacted with. She met him first on their wedding day.
Nikhil wants her to come out of Purdah into the outside world. They share a loving relationship, but he convinces her that he will never know if she really loves him unless she has opportunity to meet others and prefer him over other men.
At his coaxing, she begins to take lessons from an English governess, and takes the symbolic walk down the corridor to the outside world for the first time.
Nikhil introduces her to his radical friend Sandip (Soumitra Chatterjee). Sandip is a charismatic nationalist leader, staying as a guest in the palace. He is leading the boycott of foreign made goods, but his ire seems to be directed against traders who sell imported goods who are mostly Muslims.
Sandip overwhelms Bimala. He is a contrast to her quiet, reasonable and passive husband. Sandip is also a Parashite, borrowing money from Nikhil to sustain his lavish life style while leading the Swadeshi movement.
Soon it becomes apparent to Nikhil that the two of them are in love. Bimala even takes her husband's money to finance Sandip's taste for the first-class travel. And all this time Nikhil stands-by, letting Sandip stay in his palace. He does nothing even though he is opposed to Sandip's ideas, being aware that the traders in foreign goods are mostly poor Muslims and the boycott will further divide the two communities... For, Bimala has to find out the duplicity of Sandip's motives and behaviour by herself.
Awards
Best Bengali Film, New Delhi, 1984
Best Costume design, New Delhi, 1984
Character: Performer
Sandip Mukherjee: Soumitra Chatterjee
Nikhilesh Choudhury (Nikhil): Victor Banerjee
Bimala Choudhury: Swatilekha Chatterjee
Headmaster: Manoj Mitra
Amulya: Indrapramit Roy
Kulada: Bimala Chatterjee
Miss Gilby, English governess: Jennifer Kapoor
Nikhil's sister-in-law: Gopa Aich
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