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Ashani Sanket 
Directed by Satyajit Ray Screenplay by Satyajit Ray Based on Ashani Sanket by
Bibhutibhushan BandopadhyayStarring Soumitra Chatterjee
Bobita
Sandhya RoyMusic by Satyajit Ray Cinematography Soumendu Roy Editing by Dulal Dutta Studio Balaka Movies Distributed by Nanda Bhattacharya Release date(s) June 1973 (Berlin)
August 15, 1973 (India)Running time 101 minutes Country India Language Bengali Distant Thunder (Bengali: অশনি সংকেত; translit. Oshoni Shongket) is a 1973 Bengali film by the renowned Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.[1] Unlike most of Ray's earlier films, Distant Thunder was filmed in colour. It stars Soumitra Chatterjee, who headlined numerous Ray films, and the Bangladeshi actress Bobita in her only prominent international role. Today the film features in "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made".[2]
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Overview
The film is set in a village in the Indian province of Bengal during World War II, and examines the effect of the Great Famine of 1943 on the villages of Bengal through the eyes of a young Brahmin doctor-teacher, Gangacharan, and his wife, Anaga. Ray shows the human scale of a cataclysmic event that killed more than 3 million people. The film unfolds at a leisurely pace that reflects the rhythms of village life, but gradually shows the breakdown of traditional village norms under the pressure of hunger and starvation.[3][4]
Cast
- Bobita- Ananga, Gangacharan's wife
- Chitra Banerjee - Moti
- Govinda Chakravarti - Dinabandhu
- Soumitra Chatterjee - Gangacharan Chakravarti
- Anil Ganguly - Nibaran
- Noni Ganguly - `Scarface' Jadu
- Debatosh Ghosh - Adhar
- Ramesh Mukherjee - Biswas
- Sheli Pal - Mokshada
- Suchita Ray Chaudhury - Khenti
- Sandhya Roy - Chutki
Awards
- Berlin International Film Festival
- 1974: Golden Hugo for Best Film
- 1973: Best Music Direction: Satyajit Ray
- 1974: Best Feature Film in Bengali
- 1974: Best Cinematography : Soumendu Roy
References
- ^ Ashani Satyajit Ray Film and Study Centre, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- ^ The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made by the film critics of the New York Times, New York Times, 2002.
- ^ Movie Review - Ashani Sanket By Vincent Canby, New York Times, 12 October 1973.
- ^ Overview New York Times.
- ^ "Berlinale 1973: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1973/03_preistr_ger_1973/03_Preistraeger_1973.html. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
External links
- Ashani Sanket at SatyajitRay.org
- Ashani Sanket at the Internet Movie Database
- Ashani Sanket at AllRovi
Films by Satyajit Ray Director & Writer The Apu TrilogyGoopy & BaghaGoopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969) • Hirak Rajar Deshe (1980)Sonar Kella (1974) • Joi Baba Felunath (1978)Other filmsParash Pathar (1958) • Jalsaghar (1958) • Devi (1960) • Teen Kanya (1961) • Rabindranath Tagore (1961) • Kanchenjungha (1962) • Abhijan (1962) • Mahanagar (1963) • Charulata (1964) • Two (1965) • Kapurush (1965) • Mahapurush (1965) • Nayak (1966) • Chiriyakhana (1967) • Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) • Sikkim (1971) • The Inner Eye (1972) • Ashani Sanket (1973) • Bala (1976) • Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977) • Pikoo (1980) • Sadgati (1981) • Ghare Baire (1984) • Sukumar Ray (1987) • Ganashatru (1989) • Shakha Proshakha (1990) • Agantuk (1991)Writer The Alien (1967) • Bankubabur Bandhu (2006)Baksho Rahashya (1996) • Bombaiyer Bombete (2003) • Kailashey Kelenkari (2007) • Tintorettor Jishu (2008)Other filmsGoopy Bagha Phire Elo (1991) • Target (1995)Golden Bear-winning films – 1960–1979 El Lazarillo de Tormes (1960) · La Notte (1961) · A Kind of Loving (1962) · Il diavolo (1963) · Bushidô zankoku monogatari (1963) · Susuz Yaz (1964) · Alphaville (1965) · Cul-de-sac (1966) · Le départ (1967) · Who Saw Him Die? (1968) · Rani radovi (1969) · The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971) · The Canterbury Tales (1972) · Ashani Sanket (1973) · The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) · Adoption (1975) · Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) · The Ascent (1977) · Ascensor (1978) · Las truchas (1978) · La palabras de Max (1978) · David (1979)
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