The Wish Fulfilment (1970)

Name: The Wish Fulfilment
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1970
Duration: 1 h 5 min
Cast: Shekhar Chattopadhyay, Surajit Nandi, Sova Sen, Sadhu Meher, Tinu Ghosh

Bengali movie · Drama, Comedy, Family, Fantasy · 65 min · TMDB 8/10

A young boy wishes to switch roles with his father, and the wish is granted for a trial period. Mrinal Sen made this film for the Children's Film Society of India, based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore. This happens to be the only work by Tagore that he made into a film.

Cast: Shekhar Chattopadhyay (Subol Chandra Sarkar), Surajit Nandi (Sushil Sarkar), Sova Sen (Sushil's Mother), Sadhu Meher (Ramabatar), Tinu Ghosh, Nimai Ghosh Dastidar.

Directed by Mrinal Sen.

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