The Golden Thread

Story

Synopsis

After an old college friend offers him a job at an iron foundry, the upright and honest Ishwar leaves a shanty town on the outskirts of Calcutta where he lives with a group of refugees from East Bengal. With plans to forge a solid living for himself, sister Sita and Abhiram, an orphaned boy he offers a home to, Ishwar is accused of selling out and deserting his people.

Director

Ritwik Ghatak

Writers

Ritwik Ghatak, Umanath Bhattacharya, Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala

Language

Bengali

Country

India

Release date

1 October 1965

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Madhabi Mukherjee

  Sita

• 

  Satindra Bhattacharya

  Abhiram as an adult

• 

  Abhi Bhattacharya

  Ishwar Chakraborty

• 

  Gita Dey

  Koushalya

• 

  Bijon Bhattacharya

  Haraprasad

• Indrani Chakrabarty

  Little Sita

• Abanish Banerjee

  Hari Babu

• 

  Shyamal Ghoshal

  Benimadhab

• Arun Chowdhury

  Gurudev

• Pitambar

  Rambilas

• Ranen Ray Choudhury

  Baul singer

• 

  Jahar Roy

  Mukherjee