| Description |
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 669 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 669.
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| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. |
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Based on Nastanirh = The broken nest / by Rabindranath Tagore. |
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Special features: Interviews with the actors (Madhabi Mukherjee and Soumitra Chatterjee); Adapting Tagore (a new interview program, film scholar Moinak Biswas and Bengali cultural historian Supriya Chaudhuri discuss Satyajit Ray's controversial adaptation); Satyajit Ray on progress (archival audio interview with director Satyajit Ray by film journalist Gideon Bachmann). Booklet features essay by critic Philip Kemp and an interview with Ray by his biographer Andrew Robinson. |
| Credits |
Cinematography by Subrata Mitra ; production design by Bansi Chandragupta ; edited by Dulal Dutta ; songs, Raja Rammohan Roy, Rabindranath Tagore, Tansen, Baiju Bawra, Joydeb, Nidhubabu. |
| Cast |
Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee, Shyamal Ghosal, Gitali Roy, Subrata Sen, Bankim Ghosh. |
| Summary |
Set in late 19th-century, pre-independence India, this film is about a woman's artistic and romantic yearning. It is about the lonely wife of a workaholic newspaper editor, Charulata, whose beautiful face masks a burning creativity. When her husband's poet cousin comes to stay with them, Charulata finds herself both inspired by him creatively and dangerously drawn to him physically. A delicate tale of a marriage in jeopardy and a woman taking the first steps toward establishing her own voice. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
Bengali dialogue, subtitles in English. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- India -- Drama.
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Married women -- India -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Motion pictures, Indic.
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Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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Romance films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Bansal, R. D., film producer.
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Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992, screenwriter, composer (expression), film director.
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Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Saumitra, 1935- actor.
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Mukhopādhyāẏa, Mādhabī, 1943- actor.
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Mukherjee, Sailen actor.
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Ghosal, Shyamal, actor.
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Roy, Gitali, actor.
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Sena, Subrata, 1963- actor.
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Ghosh, Bankim, actor.
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Mitra, Subrata, 1930-2001, director of photography.
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Chandragupta, Bansi, production designer.
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Dutta, Dulal, editor of moving image work.
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Rammohun Roy, Raja,, lyricist.
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Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941, lyricist.
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Tansen,, lyricist.
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Bawra, Baiju, 1542-1613,, lyricist.
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Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941.
Nashṭanīṛa.
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Biśvāsa, Maināka, interviewee (expression)
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Chaudhuri, Supriya, interviewee (expression)
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Bachmann, Gideon, interviewee (expression)
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Kemp, Philip, writer of added text.
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Robinson, Andrew, 1957- interviewer (expression)
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RDB Organization (Firm) Producer.
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Criterion Collection (Firm) Distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781604657630 |
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1604657634 |
| Standard No. |
715515109215 |
| Music No. |
CC2300D The Criterion Collection |
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