Devi (1960 film)
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| Devi (The Goddess) | |
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| Directed by | Satyajit Ray |
| Written by | Satyajit Ray |
| Starring | Soumitra Chatterjee Sharmila Tagore |
| Music by | Ustad Ali Akbar Khan |
| Release date(s) | 1960 |
| Running time | 93 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
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Devi (The Goddess) is a 1960 film by Bengali director Satyajit Ray, starring Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore. It is based on a short story by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhya
[edit] Plot synopsis
In 1860 rural Bengal, Doyamoyee (Sharmila Tagore) and her husband Umaprasad (Soumitra Chatterjee) live with Umaprasad's family. His father, Kalikinkar Roy, is a devoted follower of the goddess Kali. Since Umaprasad is away at school, Doyamoyee takes care of her father-in-law.
One evening, Kalikinkar has a dream that Doyamoyee is an avatar of the goddess Kali and must be worshipped as such. Soon other people come to believe that she is also an incarnation of the goddess. After hearing the news Umprasad returns home but is unable to remedy the situation as Doyamoyee begins herself to believe that she is an avatar, a belief which soon turns to tragedy.
[edit] Awards
The film won the President's Gold Medal in N.Delhi in 1961 and was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Venice Film Festival in 1962.
[edit] External links
Pather Panchali (1955) • Aparajito (1957) • Parash Pathar (1958) • Jalsaghar (1958) • Apur Sansar (1959) • Devi (1960) • Teen Kanya (1961) • Rabindranath Tagore (1961) • Kanchenjungha (1962) • Abhijan (1962) • Mahanagar (1963) • Charulata (1964) • Two (1965) • Kapurush (1965) • Mahapurush (1966) • Nayak (1966) • Chiriyakhana (1967) • Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969) • Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) • Pratidwandi (1971) • Seemabaddha (1971) • Sikkim (1971) • The Inner Eye (1972) • Ashani Sanket (1973) • Sonar Kella (1974) • Jana Aranya (1976) • Bala (1976) • Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977) • Joi Baba Felunath (1978) • Hirak Rajar Deshe (1980) • Pikoor Diary (1981) • Sadgati (1981) • Ghare Baire (1984) • Sukumar Ray (1987) • Ganashatru (1989) • Shakha Proshakha (1990) • Agantuk (1991)
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