Kinu Gowalar Gali (1964)

• 72%
• 1964
• O.C. Ganguly
• Sumitra Devi
• Kali Bannerjee
• Sharmila Tagore

In a portion of a house in a by-lane in Kolkata (Kinu Goalar Gali), a recently bankrupt (share market crash) family arrives. Father (Pahadi Sanyal), Mother (Lilabati), Son (Prashanta Kumar?), Daughter in law (Gita Dey) and unmarried college going daughter (Sharmila). The other occupant of the home is a family of two, a writer husband Moni (Kali) and his neglected wife Shanti (Sumitra). There is a regular visitor to their home, Indrajit (Soumitra) a similarly poor, budding poet, a rebel type unlike conformist Moni. To avoid the demands of the wife, as well as family, Moni pushes his wife towards his friends including Indrajit. People observe and gossips start. Moni feels jealous, but isn't bothered enough to put a stop. He meanwhile becomes relatively successful, in writing dramas for a theatre company, and the glitz makes him move further away from his wife. To fuel his jealousy, and to bring him back to her, she pretends an affair with Indrajit. Will she finally really succumb to Indrajit, and vice versa, who is attracted to Neera, but has a feeling for her too? What would this all have effect on her domestic life as well as Neera's, whose sister in law (Gita) is interested in making an alliance of her with her much older Uncle (Jiben) who lusts for Neera almost indecorously? A strong story concept, but not the realization.