在这部孤独的妻子剧情/爱情片中,恰鲁拉达（Madhabi Mukherjee 饰）和丈夫结婚了，然而，令她没有想到的是，等待着自己的并非充满了幸福和快乐的婚姻生活。恰鲁拉达的丈夫是一名知识分子，虽然饱读诗书，但他选择将全部的精力投入到研究政治刊物之中，在他的思维里，妻子只需要料理好家事即可，并不需要自己的陪伴和理解。
随着时间的推移，恰鲁拉达和丈夫之间的关系越来越冷淡，她终日生活在孤独之中，内心里非常的苦闷。就在这个节骨眼上，丈夫的堂兄走近了恰鲁拉达的生活，他是一位热情洋溢的诗人，对生活充满了憧憬，在他的影响下，恰鲁拉达渐渐走出了忧郁，并且明白了如何追求心中的梦想。
Charu lives a lonely and idle life in 1870s India. Although her husband Bhupati devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage, he sees her loneliness and asks his brother-in-law,Umapada to keep her company. At the same time Bhupati's own brother, Amal, a would-be writer comes home finishing his college education. However, after several months, Charu and Amal's feelings for each other move beyond literary friendship.
妻如蔷薇。通俗剧情的另类演绎。解殖中的受压抑者。[Film Review] Charulata (1964) 7.7/10。“人生就是一种韵律，生，死，昼，夜。”。哥哥真悲劇。
