The Golden Thread

Overview

After an old college friend offers him a job at an iron foundry, the upright and honest Ishwar leaves a shanty town on the outskirts of Calcutta where he lives with a group of refugees from East Bengal. With plans to forge a solid living for himself, sister Sita and Abhiram, an orphaned boy he offers a home to, Ishwar is accused of selling out and deserting his people.

Directed by Ritwik Ghatak

Top cast

Madhabi Mukherjee

Sita

Satindra Bhattacharya

Abhiram as an adult

Abhi Bhattacharya

Ishwar Chakraborty

Gita Dey

Koushalya

Bijon Bhattacharya

Haraprasad

I

Indrani Chakrabarty

Little Sita

A

Abanish Banerjee

Hari Babu

Shyamal Ghoshal

Benimadhab

A

Arun Chowdhury

Gurudev

P

Pitambar

Rambilas

R

Ranen Ray Choudhury

Baul singer

Jahar Roy

Mukherjee

U

Umanath Bhattacharya

Akhil Babu

R

Radha Govinda Ghosh

Manager

A

Ashok Bhattacharya

Binu

Sita Mukherjee

Kajal Didi

Ritwik Ghatak

Music teacher

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