Days and Nights in the Forest
1970 1h 55m movie Film India

Days and Nights in the Forest

অরণ্যের দিনরাত্রি

Synopsis

অরণ্যের দিনরাত্রি

Four friends from Calcutta who have very different personalities make a holiday excursion into the country, to a tiny village in the state of Bihar where they set themselves up in a bungalow. A series of minor events, all connected to their respective reactions to their new environment, reveals their characters more deeply.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Days and Nights in the Forest. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 1969–1971 India Window

Days and Nights in the Forest holds position #5 of 8 India films in the 1969–1971 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
    #1

    Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne

    ★ 7.8 · 1969
  2. Mera Naam Joker
    #2

    Mera Naam Joker

    ★ 7.7 · 1970
  3. The Adversary
    #3

    The Adversary

    ★ 7.3 · 1970
  4. Anand
    #4

    Anand

    ★ 7.1 · 1971
  5. Days and Nights in the Forest
    #5

    Days and Nights in the Forest

    ★ 7.0 · 1970
  6. Aradhana
    #6

    Aradhana

    ★ 7.0 · 1969
  7. Haathi Mere Saathi
    #7

    Haathi Mere Saathi

    ★ 6.8 · 1971
  8. Uski Roti
    #8

    Uski Roti

    ★ 6.3 · 1970

The 1970s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in India, 33 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Days and Nights in the Forest premiered alongside 3 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 3 other India films in 1970.

The 36th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).

Audience Engagement

28
Reviews
64th
Review-volume percentile
48th
Popularity percentile

28 audience reviews — more than 64% of India films in our index.

Review volume (64th percentile) outruns trending popularity (48th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Days and Nights in the Forest, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • class · 5
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • friends · 27
  • male friendship · 17
  • countryside · 11
  • holiday · 10
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • based on novel or book · 288

Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
28
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #543 of 1,983 India films indexed here (73rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.6 points above the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Drama productions specifically: #383 of 1,132 (top 34%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
Original LanguageBengali
Production CompaniesPriya Films
Runtime1h 55m
Release DateJanuary 16, 1970
IMDbtt0065417