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The Stranger

7.619911h 54mMovieDrama

A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels,…

DirectorSatyajit Ray
WriterSatyajit Ray
ProducersSatyajit Ray·Gérard Depardieu

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Cast · Directed by Satyajit Ray

UDUtpal Dutt
Utpal Dutt
Manomohan Mitra
DDDipankar Dey
Dipankar Dey
Sudhindra Bose
MSMamata Shankar
Mamata Shankar
Anila Bose
BB
Bikram Bhattacharya
Satyaki Bose
RGRabi Ghosh
Rabi Ghosh
Ranjan Rakshit
DCDhritiman Chatterjee
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Prithwish Sen Gupta
SCSubrata Chattopadhyay
Subrata Chattopadhyay
Chhanda Rakshit
PGPromode Ganguly
Promode Ganguly
Tridib Mukherjee
AB
Ajit Banerjee
Sital Sarkar
AD
Abheek Dey
SB
Sourav Banerjee
SM
Sambitendu Dutta Majumder

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