One's Own People

Drama · 1968

Set against the backdrop of the political violence that rocked India, and West Bengal in particular, in the late 1960s, it tells the story of an aged widow in a village who goes to Calcutta to stay with relatives, but faces only exploitation. She moves to a slum, and finds her "own people" in a group of educated, unemployed youth, who are caught up inexorably in the prevalent violence.

Starring

Chhaya Devi, Tapan Sinha, Swarup Dutta, Tapan Sinha, Rabi Ghosh, Indra Mitra, Samit Bhanja, Bimal Mukherjee, Kartik Basu, Sumita Sanyal

Director

Tapan Sinha

Producer

R.N. Malhotra