Set in the turbulent 1930s, this is the story of a poor Chinese hawker selling his merchandise, Chinese silk, in the streets of Calcutta. This was the time when China was repulsing a brutal attack of militarist Japan and when an outraged Rabindranath Tagore wrote to his friend in Japan, the great poet Noguchi: “I wish your countrymen, whom I love so much, not success but remorse”. This film holds the dubious distinction of being the first to be banned (though temporarily) in independent India.
Directing | Mrinal Sen | Director |
Writing | Mrinal Sen | Screenplay |
Editing | Subodh Roy | Editor |
Art | Suniti Mitra | Art Direction |
Crew | Sailaja Chatterjee | Cinematography |
Sound | Hemanta Mukherjee | Music |
Writing | Mahadevi Varma | Short Story |
Costume & Make-Up | Shakti Sen | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Ananta Das | Makeup Artist |
Production | Hemanta Mukherjee | Producer |
Production | Bela Mukherjee | Producer |