Bhuvan Shome is a lonely widower, a proud old man and a strict disciplinarian. Thoroughly unenchanted in life, he seeks escape in a holiday. While duck-shooting in Gujarat, Bhuvan Shome realises that the rejuvenation adventure would hurl him into a world so apart that he would find it the most joyful experience in his life. His new world consists of simple & uninitiated village folks, a bullock-cart drive, a marauding buffalo and Gouri. In Gouri, Bhuvan Shome finds a fresh, throbbing pulse in a dying world. And suddenly everything lights up, perhaps heightening his sense of isolation, in his newfound joy.

The success of Bhuvan Shome in Hindi triggered a new movement in the New Wave cinema in Hindi.

Direction & Screenplay: Mrinal Sen
Cast: Utpal Dutt, Suhasini Mulay, Sadhu Meher
Cinematography: K K Mahajan
Music: Vijaya Raghava Rao

Award: President's Gold Medal