As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts
to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga,
conversely tries to help and support the community.
Director: Satyajit Ray
Writers: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (novel), Satyajit Ray (screenplay)
Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Bobita, Sandhya Roy |
Storyline
Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various
duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent
epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the
planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major
famine is under way. As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions,
Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his
generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the
community.
Ashani Sanket Movie Reviews
The
chemistry between Chatterjee and Babita is amazing in this classic
study of the conflicts between religion, station, and the inner workings
of human souls. Ray's best-known masterpiece improves with repeated
viewings. Every time, I watch it, I pick up new nuances, particular on
Babita's performance. The thin lines between devout and callous, love
and loathing, & heroism and insanity have never been examined more
in-depth or with greater insights. On one level, great art, on another
flawlessly technical, but overwhelmingly emotionally draining in the
best possible way.
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