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Rag Birag

DirectorBidyut Chakraborty

1996

A young man shocks his relatives by announcing that he will become an ascetic, renouncing the family.A daughter of divorced parents, who lives with her mother, loves him but fails to talk him out of his resolve. She meets Swamiji of an ashram, who before becoming a monk was her lovers uncle,15 years ago. On her persuasion, the swami meets his nephew to dissuade him from becoming an ascetic, tells him of the beauties and merits of non ascetic life. He falls prey to her charms and shocks her by admitting his lust for her. The Swamis mother dies and he goes for a period for penance for his libidinous desire.Another nephew of the Swami-a man of the world-runs a restaurant; in him, Pari finds hope for the future.

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