Naurangia (played by Naseeruddin Shah) is a protagonist in The Crossing.
A village labourer who retaliates against the landlord's men by killing the landlord's brother Hari Singh after they kill the schoolmaster. He flees with his pregnant wife, Rama, and struggles to find work in Calcutta. When they return, he helps drive pigs across a river to earn their fare, and at the end listens for their unborn baby's heartbeat. Rama (played by Shabana Azmi) appears in The Crossing.
Naurangia's pregnant wife, who flees the village with him after he kills Hari Singh. She shares his search for work and survival in Calcutta, then accompanies him on the dangerous journey home. While they drive pigs through the river, she fears she has lost their unborn baby; at the end, Naurangia listens to the baby's heartbeat. Hari Singh (played by Mohan Agashe) appears in The Crossing.
The landlord's brother, killed by Naurangia in retaliation after the landlord's men kill the schoolmaster. His death makes Naurangia and his pregnant wife, Rama, fugitives who flee the village, setting the course for their struggle to survive away from home.
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Characters
Naurangia
(played by Naseeruddin Shah) — protagonist
A village labourer who retaliates against the landlord's men by killing the landlord's brother Hari Singh after they kill the schoolmaster. He flees with his pregnant wife, Rama, and struggles to find...
Rama
(played by Shabana Azmi) — supporting
Naurangia's pregnant wife, who flees the village with him after he kills Hari Singh. She shares his search for work and survival in Calcutta, then accompanies him on the dangerous journey home. While...
Hari Singh
(played by Mohan Agashe) — supporting
The landlord's brother, killed by Naurangia in retaliation after the landlord's men kill the schoolmaster. His death makes Naurangia and his pregnant wife, Rama, fugitives who flee the village, settin...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Naurangia → Rama
(Family Husband)
The plot explicitly identifies Rama as Naurangia's pregnant wife, and they flee and travel together.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Naurangia → Hari Singh
(Conflict Killer And Victim)
After the Schoolmaster is killed by the landlord's men, Naurangia retaliates by killing Hari Singh, the landlord's brother.
Story Analysis
A laboring couple moves from rural exploitation and violent displacement toward survival, return, and fragile hope.
