简介：Chaturangaisthestoryofalovethatiscaughtbetweenconflictingworldsofideas.TheleadprotagonistSachishfleetsfromradicalpositivismtoreligiousmysticisminhisquestforlife'smeaning.However,hissearchultimatelyyieldsnothingbutcrushingdisillusionment.Thisisbecausehecannotsquarehisabstractidealswiththepowerfulpresencesoftwowomeninhislife.OneofthemisDamini,ayoungHinduwidow,andtheotherisNanibala,theabandonedmistressofSachish'sownbrother.SachishtriestoconvincehimselfthatNanibalaissimplyahelplesswomanwhoneedstobe'rescued'byhim.Similarly,duringhislaterreligiousphase,hepretendsthatthewidowDaminiismerelyanenticementofNaturethatmustbeavoidedatallcostsforspiritualsalvation.Chaturangathusbecomes,afterapoint,apsychodramaofunbelievablecruelty.Nanibalabecomesavictimofitbecauseasa'fallenwoman'shecanonlybe'saved',butherhumanitycannotberecognized.Daminiisfirstgivenawaybyherdyinghusband,alongwithallherproperty,toareligiousguru.ShethenfallsinlovewithSachishwhocanacceptheronlywithouthersexuality.SetinColonialBengalintheturnofthetwentiethcentury,thefilmweavesatapestryofcrisscrossingdesiresandmoralities.…