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Tag Archives: Satyajit Ray
The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha AKA Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969) Satyajit Ray, Tapan Chatterjee, Robi Ghosh, Ajoy Banerjee
Goopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. Read More »
The Elephant God AKA Joi Baba Felunath (1979) Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Parinita Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee
This is the second film about the detective Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) set in the holy city of Benares Read More »
Kanchenjungha (1962) Satyajit Ray, Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Bannerjee, Pahadi Sanyal
Played out in real time, several complex family dramas intersect in the landscape of the Himalayan foothills Read More »
The Lonely Wife AKA Charulata (1964) Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee
Charu lives a lonely and idle life in 1870s India. Although her husband Bhupati devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage Read More »
Days and Nights in the Forest AKA Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) Satyajit Ray, Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose, Simi Garewal
A group of four middle class workers in India take the week off to have a holiday. Read More »
The Branches of the Tree AKA Shakha Proshakha (1990) Satyajit Ray, Ajit Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee
An aged patriarch (Ajit Bannerjee), popular for his scrupulous honesty, has a heart attack in the middle of a town gathering in his honour. Read More »
The Holy Man AKA Mahapurush (1965) Satyajit Ray, Charuprakash Ghosh, Robi Ghosh, Prasad Mukherjee
A retired lawyer meets a holy man Birinchi Baba (Charuprakash Ghosh) and his assistant (Robi Ghosh) Read More »
The Expedition AKA Abhijaan (1962) Satyajit Ray, Waheeda Rehman, Soumitra Chatterjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta
When a corrupt cop takes away Narsingh’s taxi license after an illegal car race Read More »
The Adversary AKA Pratidwandi (1970) Satyajit Ray, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Asgar Ali, Arabinda Banerjee
A young man, newly graduated from college is unable to find meaningful employment. Read More »
The Hero (1966) Satyajit Ray, Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen
A matinee idol Arindam Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar) is going by train to collect an acting award. Read More »
The Big City (1963) Satyajit Ray, Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Jaya Bhaduri
Calcutta in the early 1960’s. Bhambal supports his wife Arati, his parents, and two children. Read More »
The Zoo (1967) Satyajit Ray, Uttam Kumar, Kalipada Chakraborty, Nripati Chatterjee, Crime, Drama, Mystery
The story revolves around a retired judge, Mr. Nishanath Sen, who stays at a farm house called Golap Colony (The Rose Colony) at the outskirts of Calcutta. Read More »
Aparajito (1956) Satyajit Ray, Smaran Ghosal, Kamala Adhikari, Lalchand Banerjee, Drama
After living awhile in Benares, 10 year old Apu and his mother move in with her uncle in a small Bengali village. Read More »
The Stranger (1991) Satyajit Ray, Dipankar Dey, Mamata Shankar, Bikram Bhattacharya, Drama
A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman’s long-lost uncle. Read More »