A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale
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“A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale”
Set in 1950s Calcutta against the partition of India, the plot follows two rival factions born out of the divided leadership of the radical IPTA theater movement. Amidst their intense creative differences, a romance develops between two uprooted refugees, Bhrigu and Anusuya.
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Cast
52 people
Supriya Choudhury
Ansuya
Known for
The Cloud-Capped Star
The Namesake
Abanish Banerjee
Bhrigu
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The Golden Thread
Ritwik Ghatak
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Reason, Debate and a Story
A River Called Titas
Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Anil Chatterjee
Rishi
Known for
The Big City
The Cloud-Capped Star
Ramesh Joshi
Sukanta Bhattacharya
Ajit Lahiri
Also in
Haraner Naat Jamai
Satindra Bhattacharya
Shibnath
Also in
The Golden Thread
The Citizen
Ravi Chatterjee
Salil Choudhury
Gita Dey
Shanta
Known for
The Cloud-Capped Star
Ritwik Ghatak Director · Jyotirindra Moitra Composer Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay Cinematographer
First release March 30, 1961 · Produced in India · Original title কোমল গান্ধার
Production
Chitrakalpa
Production
India
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Languages
Original title
কোমল গান্ধার
Original language
Bangla
Spoken on screen
Bangla
Release dates
India · March 30, 1961
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
April 2, 2005 · Digital
Netherlands
January 14, 1991 · Amsterdam
Singapore
April 8, 1997 · Singapore International Film Festival
United Kingdom
September 5, 2006 · TV premiere
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