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The Bengali Night (1988) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1988 · 153 mins · French
- Directed by
- Nicolas Klotz
- Starring
- John Hurt, Hugh Grant, Shabana Azmi, Anne Brochet, Supriya Pathak, Utpal Dutt
Allan, a civil engineer in 1930s Calcutta, stays with the household of his employer Narendra Sen. Within the close‑knit family—Narendra’s wife Indira and their daughter Gayatri—Allan and Gayatri fall into a forbidden romance. Their secret love ignites tension and ends in tragedy.
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