Vasundhara
Haji and Rupchand are amongst those who oppress the poor sharecroppers of Asmanpur. Eventually, Jagra and Nitai raise their voices against them but are incessantly harassed.
Haji and Rupchand are amongst those who oppress the poor sharecroppers of Asmanpur. Eventually, Jagra and Nitai raise their voices against them but are incessantly harassed.
Lily Chakravarty
Shekhar Chattopadhyay
Soumitra Chatterjee
Rabi Ghosh
Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay
Satinath Mukherjee
Rajen Tarafdar
Sadhana Raychowdhury
Haji and Rupchand are amongst those who oppress the poor sharecroppers of Asmanpur. Eventually, Jagra and Nitai raise their voices against them but are incessantly harassed.
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