Suvarnarrekha

After the partition of British India, Ishwar Chakraborty and his younger sister Sita moved from East Pakistan to West Bengal to try to start a new life. In a refugee camp, Ishwar and his friend Haraprasad are about to teach at school. Ishvar takes to himself the boy Abhiram, whose mother from the lower caste was abducted by bandits. The next day, in fear of poverty, at the suggestion of a fellow student of Rambilas, Ishvar drops out of a school for refugee children, leaves the camp and gets an accountant at the factory. Haraprasad breaks off relations with him, calling him a deserter.

The life of Ishwara, Sita and Abhiram is getting better. Meanwhile, the life of the activist Haraprasad is going downhill - he cannot stay for a long time at any job, he is miserable, his wife commits suicide, the children are left alone. Before his death, the wife asks Ishvar to take care of the children, but Haraprasad refuses to give the children to a deserter.

After leaving school, Abhiram wants to become a writer and publicist, but Ishvar sends him to Germany to study as an engineer, because having received this profession, you can earn more money. Abhiram and Sita love each other. Ishwar does not share the ancient prejudices, but his boss Rambilas is very superstitious. Therefore, Ishvar does not want his sister from the brahmana caste to marry a young man from a lower caste - this marriage may deprive him of his work and home. During Sita’s wedding with another man, she escapes to Calcutta with Abhiram, staging suicide.

In Calcutta, they live in slums and barely make ends meet - pessimistic, full of critical attitude to the reality of the work of Abhiram is not popular. After some time, their son is born. Abhiram gets a job as a bus driver, but one day he accidentally knocks a girl down and a crowd lynches him. Due to hopelessness, Sita decides to engage in prostitution.

At this time, Ishwar lives alone in the province, thinking of suicide. One day he is visited by a disappointed in life Haraprasad. Realizing that they, having chosen different life principles, suffered the same sad fate, they decide to go have fun in Calcutta. In the end, they end up in a brothel, where a very drunk Ishwar runs into his own sister, whose first "client" he should become. Recognizing him, Sita commits suicide. Ishwar is accused of murder and pleads guilty. However, after a long trial, the version of Sita's suicide is confirmed, and he is released.

Haraprasad leads to Ishvar Bin, the son of Sita, who is now his closest relative. Ishvar is going home with him, but halfway he receives a letter stating that due to the scandalous proceedings, he was fired from his job and lost the house he cherished.

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