A newspaper owner in 19th-century India feels guilty for neglecting his wife to focus on work, so asks his cousin to keep her company. They develop a close friendship over a shared love of poetry, but eventually fall in love with each other. Satyajit Ray's romantic drama, with Madhabi Mukherjee and Soumitra Chatterjee. In Bengali and English.

In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art.