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'Chokher Bali' , A Passion Play, is set between 1902 and 1905. The story about four young people trapped in a tangle of sensuality. A woman struggling to free herself from a different kind of oppression...the oppression of widowhood. Binodini (Aishwarya Rai) is a beautiful, educated, a girl from the country. Two young men froom Kolkata, inseparable childhood friends, now both studying medicine, are offered her hand in marriage. Mahendra (Prosenjit Chatterjee) and Behari (Tola Raychandhuri) refuse her, Binodni Marries another man only to be widowed within a year. A little later Behari, is engaged to Ashalata (Ramina Sen). Mahendra meets Asha, is attracted to her, and marries her in place of Behari. Time passes, Binodini comes to Kolkata, to Mahendra's home as the companion
of Mahendra's mother Rajlakshmi. There she meets Mahendra, his new wife Asha,
and his friend Behari who is in and out of the house. Asha and Binodini have by
then become inseparable ..so close that they have an affectionate pet name for
each other. They Call each other "Choker Bali" ,literally 'Sand In The Eye'
Among These four people develops a forbidden attraction...a mesmerising web of
destiny and desire.. |
Title
Chokher Bali 
