chokher bali a passion play . base on rabindranath tagore novel of the same name and this be a classic tale of deception and adultery and relationship exploitation . set in 1900 bengal and director rituparno ghosh transform the nobel laureates acclaimed literature into a delightful visual treat . tagore story elaborately deal with the bengali society and through his central character and the rebellious widow and who want to live a life of her own . we be take into the picturesque part of bengal and where we meet our heroine and the beautiful and young widow binodini ( aishwarya rai ) . despite her gorgeous look and two handsome men and the rich mahindra ( prosenjit chatterji ) and his friend behari ( toto roychowdhury ) and deny marry her . mahindra choose a naive ashalata ( raima sen ) over binodini and marry her . leave behind the country life and the free spirit binodini accompanies mahindra mother to calcutta a a caretaker . soon and her friendship with ashalata flourish . it look like and the two and address each other a chokher bali ( sand in the eye ) and share an endure bond . the english speaking binodini capture a special place in the house . but and soon and she unmask her real face . manipulate good natured ashlata and binodini get closer with mahindra and fulfill her sexual desire . when and she be throw out by the enraged mother of mahindra and binodini seek solace from a reluctant behari . the remain part of the story show how the life of these four character crisscross and culminate in an unimaginable climax aishwarya walk through the rolea manipulative and rebellious lady and still gain the viewer sympathywith a ballet dancer elegance . the other lead artistesprosenjit chatterjee and raima sen and toto roychowdhuryare equally brilliant and in enact their character . while tagore pen this amould break story at the turn of the 20th century and the very idea of widow marriage be a taboo and even among the upper class . narrate the nation freedom movement in parallel and the author assert the importance of individual freedom from the caged life . kudos to the art director and who give life to the early 20th century bengal and and applause to the cinematographer for capture those set with verve . this passion play and by tagore and have be fervently convert to the screen by the able filmmaker without loose it originality .