একটি জীবন (1988): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1988, একটি জীবন is a historie film directed by Raja Mitra, running about 130 minutes.

What it’s about. Gurudas was a Sanskrit teacher in a village school in undivided Bengal. While teaching he felt the absence of an up-to-date lexicon in the Bengali language which has gained a new shape delinking itself from the original Sanskrit. In no time, he devoted himself to reconstructing a Dictionary and spent most of his life in pursuit of culling vocabularies from the mouths of common people. In the wake of the partition of Bengal in 1947, he came over to West Bengal and found shelter in a refugee camp. Meanwhile, he lost his daughter, son, and wife one after another, and was thrown into abject poverty still undaunted in spirit Gurudas went ahead with his mission. The only woman beside him was his widow daughter-in-law who kept vigil like unflinching flame of love and affection. When his work saw the light of day the erudite came crowding to show honor. The govt. conferred a befitting award but he refused. He was opposed to all these empty shows of honor.

Who’s in it. একটি জীবন stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Aarti Dutta and Munna Chakraborty, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 10.0/10, একটি জীবন sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch একটি জীবন page.

If you liked it. Fans of একটি জীবন tend to enjoy Schindlers Liste, Der Soldat James Ryan, Hacksaw Ridge - Die Entscheidung and Green Book - Eine besondere Freundschaft.