Director: Satyajit Ray
Screenplay: Satyajit Ray after Sunil Ganguly's novel
Cinematographer: Sumendu Roy
Art Setting: B. Chabdragupta
Music: Satyajit Ray
Cast: Sumitra Chatterjee, Subhendu Chatterjee, Samit Banja, Robi Ghose, Sharmila Tagore, Kabei Bose, Simi Garewal
Production: Priya Films
Distribution:
Films Sans Frontières
70, bd de Sébastopol
75003 Paris
France
Tel.: 0033 1.42.77.21.84
Fax: 0033 1.42.77.42.66
Mail: [email protected]
www.films-sans-frontières.fr
Year: 1970
35 mm, B & W, 115 min,
OV Bengali with French Subtitles
Hari, a famous cricket player, has been ditched by his girl-friend. Ashim is a handsome young promising executive, while Sanjoy is a serious inhibited foreman and Sekhar a funny, somehow parasitic, unemployed young man. The four men settle in a forest bungalow despite the regulations display. They are keen to immerse themselves in nature for a few days and forget all about their urban life. During their stay, they make a few meaningful encounters : Lakha whom they employ as their cook, Duli the beautiful tribal girl , and two ladies from an upper class family. Aparna is a bright educated young woman, while Jaya, her sister in law, is a frustrated sensual young widow.
