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Atithi is a 1965 Bengali film based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore, and directed by Tapan Sinha. It tells a simple story about a teenage boy who prefers the life of a wanderer to the confines of a domestic life. At the 13th National Film Awards, it won the National Award for the Second Best Feature Film. It also won several BFJA Awards. It was India's competitive entry at the Venice International Film Festival in 1966, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion. The film was remade in Hindi as Geet Gaata Chal.
Original Release
06/08/1965
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ajitesh Bannerjee | Private tutor |
| Basabi Bannerjee | Charushashi |
| Samita Biswas | Tarapada's mother |
| Salil Dutta | |
| Bankim Ghosh | |
| Partho Mukerjee | Tarapada |
| Mithu Mukherjee | |
| Smita Sinha | |
| Sunita Sinha |
Directors
Writers
Tapan Sinha, Rabindranath Tagore
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ajitesh Bannerjee | Private tutor |
| Basabi Bannerjee | Charushashi |
| Samita Biswas | Tarapada's mother |
| Salil Dutta | |
| Bankim Ghosh | |
| Partho Mukerjee | Tarapada |
| Mithu Mukherjee | |
| Smita Sinha | |
| Sunita Sinha |
