Representing the repressed desires and lack of agency of early 20th-century widows.
The Bengali film (The Jewellery Box), released on April 12, 2013 , is a celebrated supernatural comedy-drama directed by the legendary Aparna Sen . Based on the novel by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay , the film uses a box of gold ornaments to trace the evolving social status of women across three generations of a Bengali family. Plot Overview: A Legacy of Lust and Liberation
Somlata’s daughter, Chaitali (Srabanti Chatterjee), an educated woman of the 1970s, ultimately donates the jewelry to the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War, signifying a complete shift from personal greed to collective social good. Key Cast and Crew