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In Search of Famine

7.219812h 8mMovieDrama

A young, idealistic director arrives in a village to make a picture set during the Great Bengal Famine. It’s a film that he hopes will reveal the problems and privations still current in rural India.

DirectorMrinal Sen
WriterMrinal Sen
ProducerDhiresh Kumar Chakraborty

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Cast · Directed by Mrinal Sen

DCDhritiman Chatterjee
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Movie Director
RT
Rajen Tarafdar
DDDipankar Dey
Dipankar Dey
Self
RBRadhamohan Bhattacharya
Radhamohan Bhattacharya
Teacher
SPSmita Patil
Smita Patil
Self
SMSreela Majumdar
Sreela Majumdar
Durga
GS
Gita Sen
DM
Devika Mukherjee
JC
Jayanta Chowdhury
JD
Jochan Dastidar
NS
Nilkantha Sengupta
BCBiplab Chatterjee
Biplab Chatterjee
Self

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In Search of Famine — streaming FAQ

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In Search of Famine isn't streaming anywhere in India yet.

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In Search of Famine hasn't started streaming in India yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 22, 1981. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.