
November 20, 1921 · 104 years old

Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.

A dysfunctional middle-class family is transformed due to the influence of their new multi-talented household servant - but he might be too good to be true.

An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a 'parash pathar', a stone that changes iron to gold on touch.

The story revolves around a woman, who stays in a large mansion with her husband. She develops an obsession for her ornaments and refrains giving them to her husband as they face financial crisis. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. in 2007.