Calcutta 71

Name: Calcutta 71
Genre: Drama
Released: 1972-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 8.6

About Calcutta 71

The spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty meditation on poverty, natural disaster and political strife in India. A middle-class family's home is no match for the monsoons, while another clan's morality is compromised when famine strikes.

Calcutta 71 is a 1972 drama film directed by Mrinal Sen. It runs 116 minutes and was released in October 1972.

Gita Sen takes the lead as The Mother in the 1953 Story, and Ranjit Mallick as Ranjit Mallick. Written by Mrinal Sen.

In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Hoichoi.