Debshishu
MovieTitle | Debshishu |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Oct 4, 1985 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Utpalendu Chakrabarty |
Production country | India |
Production companies | National Film Development Corporation of India |
Run time | 97 min. |
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