Title of film : Amodini
Cast & crew :
Producer : National Film Development Corporation of India
Editor : Ujjal Nandy
Cast :
Synopsis : Amodini is a rich landowner's daughter. Unable to face social stigma, her father arranges her marriage to a much older person, who fails to turn up on the wedding day. To save the situation, she is forced to marry a 15-year-old boy. Das Gupta's comedy is set in the 18th century when Calcutta was being built and inviolable norms of Brahmin social hierarchy often led to absurd situations. The irascible Amodini, daughter of a Kulin Brahmin landlord, is forced to marry a servant in her house when her scheduled groom abandons her in favour of a more lucrative alliance. She promptly kicks the servant boy Pundu out of her house as soon as the rites are over. The servant moves to Calcutta (then Sutanuti) and returns years later having made his fortune in the British colonial economy, considerably wealthier than his former employers.
