Film TitleSukumar Ray, 1987, India, Bengali
Scene DescriptionSukumar Ray's one of the most popular and acclaimed works, Haw Jaw Baw Raw Law (Absurdity) was written around 1921-22, conisciding with the birth of his son Satyajit Ray and his terminal illness, which took his life in 1923.
This story inspired by Louis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland, presents a land of fantasy and dreams. A still from the reproduction of the story in the documentary with the child, the narrator of the story, meeting Kakeshwar, who is doing mathematical calculations which appear very unusual to the narrator. The story continues with many animals appearing and talking about their lives, in a way that makes no sense, until the child gets up from his sleep to find the cat that doesn't speak. (4/6)
DirectorSatyajit RayBannerGovernment of West Bengal, Satyajit Ray Productions
CastSatya Banerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Haradhan bannerjee, Tapan Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Tapen chatterjee
EditingDulal Dutta
Music DirectorSatyajit Ray
Script WriterSatyajit Ray
