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The Bengali Night

Drama

The Bengali Night

Forbidden love... unspoken passion

6.6TMDB19882h 33m

TMDB6.6/10 · 4 votes

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TMDB6.6/10 · 4 votes

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Overview

Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and daughter Gayatri. Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.

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Top cast

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant

Allan

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi

Indira Sen

Supriya Pathak

Supriya Pathak

Gayatri

John Hurt

John Hurt

Lucien Metz

Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee

Narendra Sen

Anne Brochet

Anne Brochet

Guertie

Pierre-Loup Rajot

Pierre-Loup Rajot

Harold

Elisabeth Perceval

Elisabeth Perceval

Norinne

Anjan Dutt

Anjan Dutt

Khokha

Utpal Dutt

Utpal Dutt

The Priest / Postman / Beggar

Poornima Pathwardhan

Poornima Pathwardhan

Lilou

Steve Potts

Steve Potts

Steve

Biplab Dasgupta

Biplab Dasgupta

Globe Theater Manager (uncredited)

Paban Das

Paban Das

Singer (uncredited)

Srirupa Chatterjee

Srirupa Chatterjee

Supriya

Crew

Nicolas Klotz

Nicolas Klotz

Director

Jean-Claude Carrière

Jean-Claude Carrière

Writer

Nicolas Klotz

Nicolas Klotz

Screenplay

Mircea Eliade

Mircea Eliade

Novel

Emmanuel Machuel

Emmanuel Machuel

Director of Photography

Brij Narayan

Brij Narayan

Original Music Composer

Jean-François Naudon

Jean-François Naudon

Editor

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Director: Nicolas Klotz
Released: 1988
Runtime: 2h 33m
Genres: Drama
Scores: TMDB6.6/10 · 4 votes