Satyajit RayCast
Soumitra Chatterjee Babita
Credits
Written by: 
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Plot
A Brahmin and his wife in a Bengal village during the 1943 famine. Known in Bengali as Ashani Sanket.
Sinekatalog’s take
Satyajit Ray's drama follows a Brahmin and his wife in a Bengal village during the 1943 famine, as hunger tests their ideals. Soumitra Chatterjee and Babita are superb in a beautiful, shattering Golden Bear winner.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (1,913 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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