在这部奇纳姆片中,Dans un village paisible du Bengale oriental, Hindous et Musulmans, fermiers et artisans vivent dans la bonne entente. Mais la partition de l’Inde pousse les Hindous à quitter leurs villages pour se rendre à Calcutta. Gobinda et Sumati, qui vont avoir un enfant, font partie de ces villageois déracinés obligés de faire face à la misère et à l’injustice de la métropole.
Ritwik Ghatak est également assistant-réalisateur sur le film.
The film is based on a story of Swarnakamal Bhattacharya. Depicting the physical pain and crisis, the film is about the partition of Bengal and the flow of refugees from East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) into India. The story of the film begins in a village of East Bengal where people (Hindus and Muslims) leave peacefully. Govinda and Sumati are husband wife and they are about to have a child. But, the partition forces Hindu people to leave their ancestral village. So, they become refugee. They don't find any location or shelter in Calcutta and eke out their daily lives in temporary shelters in and around Sealdah railway station. Along with millions of refugees the family has to face untold misery in big city.
