The Golden Thread

(1965)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 41 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1965

Runtime: 123 мин

Country: India

Director: Ritwik Kumar Ghatak

Cast: Madhabi Mukherjee, Satindra Bhattacharya, Abhi Bhattacharya, Gita Dey, Bijon Bhattacharya, Indrani Chakrabarty, Abanish Banerjee, Shyamal Ghoshal, Arun Chowdhury, Pitambar

Plot

After an old college friend offers him a job at an iron foundry, the upright and honest Ishwar leaves a shanty town on the outskirts of Calcutta where he lives with a group of refugees from East Bengal. With plans to forge a solid living for himself, sister Sita and Abhiram, an orphaned boy he offers a home to, Ishwar is accused of selling out and deserting his people.