A young boy wishes to switch roles with his father, and the wish is granted for a trial period. Mrinal Sen made this film for the Children's Film Society of India, based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore. This happens to be the only work by Tagore that he made into a film.
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Shekhar Chattopadhyay
Subol Chandra Sarkar
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Surajit Nandi
Sushil Sarkar
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Sova Sen
Sushil's Mother
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Sadhu Meher
Ramabatar
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Tinu Ghosh
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Nimai Ghosh Dastidar
Paresh Goswami
Debesh Chakraborty
Manik Ray Chowdhury
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Kalyan Das
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Mrinal Sen Director · Rabindranath Tagore Author Narinder Singh Composer
First release January 1, 1970 · Produced in India · Original title ইচ্ছাপূরণ
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India
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Original title
ইচ্ছাপূরণ
Original language
Bangla
Spoken on screen
Bangla
Release dates
India · January 1, 1970
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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