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BISHBRIKSHA |
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Traveling by
boat to Calcutta, zamindar Nagendra
(Jahar Ganguly)
is caught |
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in a storm
and takes refuge for the night at the nearest house visible.The sick |
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owner of the
house breathes his last in front of him leaving behind daughter |
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Kundanandini (KANAN). Nagendra sees that Kunda is helpless and takes her |
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to Calcutta
at his sister Kamalmani’s
(Meera Datta)
place in the hope of finding |
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her uncle.
After a futile search, Nagendra takes Kunda to his own house where |
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wife
Suryamukhi
(Santi Gupta)
receives her with open arms as she has already |
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decided to
marry her off to Taracharan
(Janaki Bhattacharya)
who has been |
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raised as her
own brother after Tara’s widowed mother eloped with someone. |
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Although an
ordinary village school master, Taracharan has rich friends notably |
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Debendra
(Kumar Mitra)
who comes to Tara’s house and meets Kunda and |
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develops a
tremendous longing for her. A married life of three years and Tara |
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dies after a
brief illness and debauch Debendra jumps at what he thinks as his |
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opportune
time to get to his lady love. Suryamukhi however takes Kunda to her |
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residence
where another drama starts. Nagendra is slowly attracted Kunda and |
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he does not
hide this from his wife. Suryamukhi writes to Kamalmani seeking |
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help and she
comes over taking leave from her loving husband Shreesh
(Bhumen |
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Roy).
Kamal
offers to take Kunda to her house to sort out the problem but Kunda |
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is unwilling
as she is also in love with Nagendra and is happy just being close to |
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him. Debendra
meanwhile disguises as a vaishnavi
and comes to sing for Kunda |
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at Nagendra’s
house. Suryamukhi is suspicious about the person and sends her |
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chief
attendant Heera to find out the vaishnavi’s
true identity. Heera
comes to |
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know the
truth about Debendra and reports back and Suryamukhi in a fit of anger |
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accuses Kunda
of adultery. Kunda leaves the house at night but is found by Heera |
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who gives her
shelter but does not disclose her whereabouts to anyone as she has |
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her own
plans. One night Debendra comes to Heera’s house in search of Kunda but |
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she has left
already sensing Heera’s ulterior motives. She plans to leave the village |
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but wants to
have a last glimpse of Nagendra and goes to his house, where she is |
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found by
Suryamukhi who brings her back. Nagendra announces his decision to |
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marry Kunda
and even argues with friend Hardeb Ghosal
(Tulsi Chakraborty)
about |
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the
necessities of this marriage. Resigned to fate, Suryamukhi agrees to
Nagendra’s |
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marriage with
Kunda but herself leaves the house on the wedding night. Having lost |
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Suryamukhi,
Nagendra diverts all attention towards her and his second marriage |
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also turns
sour. The search for Suryamukhi goes in vain. Suryamukhi travels by foot |
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to far off
places but is soon taken ill . She is given shelter by Brahmachari
(Saroj
Bagchi). |
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A
fire breaks out in this house and it is presumed that Suryamukhi is
dead. |
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The news goes
to Nagendra and he feels all is lost and even refuses to meet wife |
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Kunda, who
now thinks that she is the cause behind all ills that has befallen them. |
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Nagendra
avoids Kunda and in one such night he sees a shadow and realizes that it |
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is Suryamukhi
who has come back. The news spreads and the entire household is busy |
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rejoicing
when Kunda, unaware of Suryamukhi’s return consumes poison that has
been |
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supplied by
Heera, who had toyed with the idea of getting close to Debendra using
Kunda |
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but failed
and decided to end Kunda’s life anyhow. The initial ecstasy over,
Suryamukhi |
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misses Kunda
and wants to meet her but finds her gasping for breath. Kunda dies in
the |
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arms of her
beloved husband telling him for the first time how much she cared for him…… |
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