Three Daughters

Story

Synopsis

Three stories with three central female characters linking the stories together. The first one concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. The second one is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. The final one follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family.

Director

Satyajit Ray

Writers

Satyajit Ray, Rabindranath Tagore

Language

Bengali

Country

India

Release date

5 May 1961

Ensemble

Cast

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  Anil Chatterjee

  Nandal (segment "The Postmaster")

• Chandana Banerjee

  Ratan (segment "The Postmaster")

• Nripati Chatterjee

  Bishey (segment "The Postmaster")

• Khagen Pathak

  Khagen (segment "The Postmaster")

• Gopay Roy

  Bilash (segment "The Postmaster")

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  Kali Bannerjee

  Phanibhushan Saha (segment "The Lost Jewels")

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  Kanika Majumdar

  Monimalika (segment "The Lost Jewels")

• Kumar Roy

  Madhusudhan (segment "The Lost Jewels")

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  Soumitra Chatterjee

  Amulya (segment "The Conclusion")

• Gobinda Chakravarti

  Schoolmaster (segment "The Lost Jewels")

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  Aparna Sen

  Mrinmoyee "Pagli" (segment "The Conclusion")

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  Sita Mukherjee

  Jogmaya (segment "The Conclusion")