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The Hungry Stones
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The Hungry Stones

1960-08-02 · 100 min · ★ 7.0

Fantasy · Drama · Music · Mystery · Romance · History

A tax collector posted to a small town puts up at a mansion feared by the locals because it is haunted. As time passes he grows more consumed by the mansion and its air of romance, and the spirits that haunt it, especially a beautiful woman. Adapted from a Rabindranath Tagore story.

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Directors
Tapan Sinha
Production companies
Eastern Circuit
Countries
India
Status
Released

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Arundhati DeviArundhati Devi
Soumitra ChatterjeeSoumitra Chatterjee
Chhabi BiswasChhabi Biswas
Radhamohan BhattacharyaRadhamohan Bhattacharya
PadmadeviPadmadevi
Dilip RoyDilip Roy
Bina Chand
Rasaraj Chakraborty

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