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Samarendra
(Bipin
Gupta) has an artistic frame of mind and has brought
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up daughter
Sita
(KANAN) and only son in a liberal atmosphere. ……
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His sudden
illness brings the family close to Dr Raghab
(Kamal Mitra),
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who does his
utmost to save Samarendra’s life and gains the confidence
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of the family
and is regarded as a friend and well wisher. Raghab comes to
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know that in
Samarendra’s will has provision for equal shares of his estate
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for his
children and proposes marriage of his younger brother Kamal
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(Purnendu
Mukherjee) with Sita with an eye on the property. Samarendra
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has blind
faith in Raghab and knows nothing about Kamal other than the fact
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that he is a
graduate. Only after the marriage, Sita realizes that she has
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fallen into Raghab’s trap for Kamal is totally dependent on his elder
brother
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for almost anything and follows his dictates without a question. Sita
gets good
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behaviour
from Raghab and wife Soudamini
(Reba Bose) but Kamal is treated
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like an
animal.Sita tries to instill confidence in him but he is happy to be in
his
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brother’s
shadow. Sita’s misery increases when she finds that it is a sin in their
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house to
sing, to draw or even to admire beauty. She overhears Raghab’s
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conversation
and comes to know that her marriage was a ploy so that Raghab
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could lay his
hands on her father’s property . She goes to her father and tells
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him to change
his will. Her only relief and consolation is her daughter Uma
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(Anubha
Gupta) and she is determined that Uma should be educated and be
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independent
and should not fall prey to her uncle’s greed. Uma goes to college
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and is
attracted to a young professor Sukanta
(Bikash Roy) who reciprocates her
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feelings.
Samarendra dies suddenly and it becomes clear that the will was changed
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whereby
nothing was left for his daughter. Raghab is furious at the disclosure
and
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drives out
Sita and Uma from their house on the pretext that Uma is lowering the
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dignity of
the family by getting close to a boy from a lower caste. All the while
Kamal
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remains a
silent spectator but Sita has the courage to hand over Uma to her
beloved
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and take up a
job as a teacher in a school. Here she passes her last days with
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students and
reminiscing her past….
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One morning
suddenly she finds Kamal in front of her cottage. The man in him has
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woken up and
he has come to his wife leaving behind his brother…… Sita’s days of
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anguish are
over, Kamal has overcome his weakness and is at her door…….
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