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Written by: Nabendu Ghosh
Directed by: Bimal Roy
Cast: Ashok Kumar, Nutan, Dharmendra
The NCPA-NFAI Flashback Series is a monthly screening of a selection of rare classics from the collection of the National Film Archives of India, Pune. The film for May is Bandini, based on Bengali novel Tamasi, by Jarasandha.
Devendra is an eligible young man employed with the local women’s prison. He meets an attractive female inmate named Kalyani, and both become friends. Refusing to judge her by her past, Devendra longs to marry her. But what he does not know is Kalyani is a killer who has confessed to killing the wife of a freedom-fighter, Bikas Ghosh.
Admission on a first come, first served basis. NCPA members will get preferential seating till 6.20 pm