Charulata
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Date: January 01, 1964 to December 31, 1964
Dates Note: 1964
Country of Origin:
India
Place of Origin: India
Languages:
Bengali
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English
Color: B&W
Silent: No
Based On: a novel by Rabindranath Tagore
Additional Info:
Restored by the Satyajit Ray Preservation Project through a collaboration of the Academy Film Archive, the Merchant-Ivory Foundation, the Film Foundation, and the Packard Humanities Institute.
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The Black Film Ambassador: The Ecstatic World of Albert JohnsonDescription:
[Charulata is] a gracious, dignified character study, set in India of the 1870s, embellished by this famous Indian director’s introspective, cinematic vision. Here, Ray tells the story of a successful publisher whose major interest is interpreting the Indian political scene, while his intelligent wife vegetates by doing embroidery. Eventually, he realizes his responsibilities to his wife, but not before she has been roused from her loneliness by the presence of a handsome cousin. The intricate characterizations and exemplary camerawork capture the Jamesian mood of the period, and since the script is based upon a novel by the famous Rabindranath Tagore, the subtle interplay of Hindu aestheticism and Victorian morality makes Charulata one of Ray’s most mature and challenging works.
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