The Period Drama Post

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And a bit on Raima Sen, whose attire in these pictures have varying degrees of fidelity to the period they are set in (Chokher Bali: 1903, Naukadubi: 1920s,The Japanese Wife: uncertain) and who must surely hold some kind of record for appearances in period films.

And the absence of a blouse on Aishwarya in Chokher Bali is a correct detail – the blouse was seen as enticing and hence forbidden to a widow.

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