Rituparno Ghosh’s Chokher Bali (English title: A Grain of Sand ) remains one of the most exquisite adaptations of Rabindranath Tagore’s iconic 1903 novel. For cinephiles and literature lovers alike, this 2003 Bengali masterpiece—starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Raima Sen, and Tota Roy Chowdhury—offers a haunting look at widowhood, desire, and social hypocrisy in early 20th-century Bengal.