Distant Thunder

Distant Thunder is a 1973 film with Soumitra Chatterjee and Bobita. See the storyline, runtime (101 minutes) and complete cast list on 123movies. Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside),and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.