The final part of the film revolves around the daughter as she grows up ( Srabanti Chatterjee ) and becomes a modern Bengali Indian woman ; going to college , driving , and becoming involved in politics . The film approaches the year 1971 , when the Bangladesh Liberation War breaks out in East Pakistan . Bengalis in East Pakistan demand political , cultural and linguistic freedom from the intense and brutal oppression of Pakistan , and rebel against West Pakistan . The daughter 's lover regularly crosses the border over to East Pakistan to aid the Mukti Bahini rebels in their struggle for freedom . The 1971 Bangladesh genocide becomes a backdrop of the film , and one of the rebels is murdered by a Pakistani death squad , following which the ghost of the matriarch advises the daughter to donate the jewels to the cause of the Mukti Bahini
1971 Bangladesh genocide
1971 Bangladesh genocide
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