The Wish Fulfilment (1970)
A young boy wishes to switch roles with his father, and the wish is granted for a trial period. Mrinal Sen made this film for the Children's Film Society of India, based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore. This happens to be the only work by Tagore that he made into a film.
Director:
Mrinal Sen
Writer:
Mrinal Sen
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Shekhar Chattopadhyay as Subol Chandra Sarkar |
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Surajit Nandi as Sushil Sarkar |
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Sova Sen as Sushil's Mother |
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Sadhu Meher as Ramabatar |
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Tinu Ghosh as |
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Nimai Ghosh Dastidar as |
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Paresh Goswami as |
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Debesh Chakraborty as |
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Manik Ray Chowdhury as |
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Kalyan Das as |
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Shibshankar Mukhopadhyay as |
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Samar Nag as |
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Mantu Ghosh as |
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Kaushik Talukdar as |
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Pintu Bhattacharya as |
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Keya Chakraborty as Icchapuran Devi |
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Nimai Ghosh as |
| Directing | Mrinal Sen | Director |
| Camera | K.K. Mahajan | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Mrinal Sen | Screenplay |
| Sound | Narinder Singh | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Rabindranath Tagore | Short Story |