Ashani Sanket (1973)
Ashani Sanket 1973
15 August 1973
Satyajit Ray's first colour film from a novel depicts the Bengal famine with Soumitra Chatterjee and earned the Golden Bear at Berlin festival
Introduction
Preface — Ashani Sanket (1973)
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ashani Sanket, 1973 | Photographic Still
Ghosh, Nemai (Still Photographer), Ashani Sanket, 1973 | Working Still
Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973) Adapted from the novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, the film is a cinematic elegy rendered in quiet, resounding tones by Satyajit Ray. Filmed in vivid colour, a rare departure from the monochrome austerity of his earlier works, this Bengali masterpiece captures the harrowing beauty of rural Bengal during the Great Famine of 1943. At its heart is Gangacharan, a young Brahmin doctor and school teacher, portrayed with solemn grace by Soumitra Chatterjee, a frequent and beloved Ray collaborator. By his side stands Angana, his wife, played by Bangladeshi actress Bobita, in what remains her most internationally celebrated role. The supporting cast includes the debut of theatre stalwart Mrityunjay Sil, alongside Sandhya Roy, Chitra Banerjee, Govinda Chakravarti, Anil and Noni Ganguly, Debatosh Ghosh, Ramesh Mukherjee, Sheli Pal, and Suchita Ray Chaudhury. Ray's lens, guided by the artistry...
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अशनी संकेत (1973) बिभूतिभूषण बंद्योपाध्याय के लिखे बांग्ला उपन्यास पर आधारित यह फ़िल्म सत्यजित राय की शांत, गूंजती सिनेमाई भाषा में रचा गया एक सिनेमाई शोकगीत है। यह फ़िल्म उनके पूर्ववर्ती श्वेत-श्याम दृश्यभाषा के सौंदर्यशास्त्र से एक विचलन थी क्योंकि इसे पूरी तरह रंगीन दृश्यों में फ़िल्माया गया था। इस बांग्ला फ़िल्म में सन् 1943 के बंगाल के महा अकाल के दौरान ग्रामीण बंगाल की भयावह किन्तु दारुण सुंदरता को अत्यन्त मार्मिक नज़र से दिखाया गया है। कथा के केंद्र में है एक युवा ब्राह्मण चिकित्सक और शिक्षक गंगाचरण का किरदार, जिसे पर्दे पर अभिनेता सौमित्र चटर्जी ने गहराई के साथ गंभीरता और सादगी से निभाया है। उनके साथ हैं उनकी पत्नी अंगना, फ़िल्म में जिनकी भूमिका बांग्लादेशी अभिनेत्री बॉबिता ने निभाई है। यह भूमिका उनके करियर की अन्तरराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर सबसे सराही गई प्रस्तुति रही। अन्य सहायक कलाकारों में रंगमंच के वरिष्ठ अभिनेता मृृत्युंजय सिल का सिनेमाई पदार्पण हुआ और उनके साथ संध्या राय, चित्रा बनर्जी, गोविंद चक्रवर्ती, अनिल और नोनी गांगुली, देबतोष घोष, रमेश मुखर्जी, शैली पाल और सुचिता राय चौधरी जैसे कलाकार शामिल रहे। सत्यजित राय की नज़र सौमेंदु राय के कैमरे के साथ बंगाल के गाँव के परिदृश्य को अपने दायरे में लेती है। यह समूचा प्रदेश अकाल से विनाश के कगार पर खड़ा है। कृषि जीवन...
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Body of Work
Ashani Sanket (1973)
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ashani Sanket, 1973 | Photographic Still | CinemaEducation | 00662964
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Gangacharan Chakraborty (Soumitra Chatterjee) settles in a new village as the resident Brahmin teacher-doctor-priest with his wife (Babita). As the Brahmin who inhabits the highest caste rank in the Hindu feudal order and mediates ritual worship between man and the gods, Gangacharan is treated with high regards by fellow villagers and often receives gifts of fresh produce, fish, jaggery, grains, fruits, clothes etcetera. The film unfolds in a slow pace, revealing the austerity of the caste system, the politics of touch, the subservience of the backward caste who are conditioned to treat the Brahmin with blind faith and the knowing deception of the Brahmin himself who takes glaringly apparent advantage of his position. However, the cataclysmic famine of 1943 upends the order of things. Dinabandhu Bhattacharya, photographed in the right, begging for rice gains, brings about the watershed moment in the film when Gangacharan gets to know that a crisis of grain is catching up with the countryside.
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ashani Sanket, 1973 | Photographic Still | CinemaEducation | 00662964
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Gangacharan Chakraborty (Soumitra Chatterjee) settles in a new village as the resident Brahmin teacher-doctor-priest with his wife (Babita). As the Brahmin who inhabits the highest caste rank in the Hindu feudal order and mediates ritual worship between man and the gods, Gangacharan is treated with high regards by fellow villagers and often receives gifts of fresh produce, fish, jaggery, grains, fruits, clothes etcetera. The film unfolds in a slow pace, revealing the austerity of the caste system, the politics of touch, the subservience of the backward caste who are conditioned to treat the Brahmin with blind faith and the knowing deception of the Brahmin himself who takes glaringly apparent advantage of his position. However, the cataclysmic famine of 1943 upends the order of things. Dinabandhu Bhattacharya, photographed in the right, begging for rice gains, brings about the watershed moment in the film when Gangacharan gets to know that a crisis of grain is catching up with the countryside.
Art Director
Ashoke Bose
Assistant Directors
Santi-Kumar Chatterji,
Subrata Lahiri,
V.R. Anand
Banner
Balaka Movies
Cinematographer
Soumendu Roy
Controller of Production
Bhanu Ghosh
Director
Satyajit Ray
Editing
Dulal Dutta
Lead Cast
Chitra Banerjee,
Soumitra Chatterjee,
Sandhya Roy,
Bobita
Lead Cast Rest
Paritosh Banerjee,
Sachin Chakraborty,
Govinda Chakravarti
Makeup Director
Ananta Das
Music Director
Satyajit Ray
Presented by Institution
Balaka Movies
Producer
Sharbani Bhattacharya
Re recording
Mangesh Desai
Screenplay Writer
Satyajit Ray
Script Writer
Satyajit Ray
Still Photographer
Nemai Ghosh
Story Writer
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Research Centre
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Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ashani Sanket, 1973 | Photographic Still
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