India Synopsis
আকালের সন্ধানে
A young, idealistic director arrives in a village to make a picture set during the Great Bengal Famine. It’s a film that he hopes will reveal the problems and privations still current in rural India.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 7 other India films in 1981.
The 73rd India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
10
Reviews
8th
Review-volume percentile
1st
Popularity percentile
10 audience reviews — more than 8% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 1th percentile among India films.
Reception Benchmarks
6.9
TMDB Rating
10
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier
Ranked #669 of 1,983 India films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Drama productions specifically: #457 of 1,132 (top 40%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Bengali |
| Runtime | 2h 8m |
| Release Date | January 4, 1981 |
| IMDb | tt0080341 |