Debshishu

Debshishu

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 4, 1985

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Debshishu

Production Companies

National Film Development Corporation of India

Director

Utpalendu Chakrabarty

Description

This powerful and realistic film is a study of poverty, illiteracy, natural calamities and the toll they take on the human soul. the story of a rural couple who're trying to survive on the road with many others like them, after their village was destroyed by a flood. the wife gives birth to a deformed baby, which is pronounced as a 'child of the devil' by the local pundit (Hindu priest), who forces them to abandon the child and exiles them from the community. the journey takes the couple towards a bizarre and heart-breaking conclusion