Ghare Baire (1985)
4 January 1985
Satyajit Ray directs Soumitra Chatterjee and Victor Banerjee in this Rabindranath Tagore adaptation exploring nationalism love and women liberation
Introduction
Preface — Ghare Baire (1985)
Ray, Satyajit (Artist), Ghare Baire, 1985. Costume design and pattern of painted glass design for the door in Ray's set of Ghare Baire | Original Artwork, 1984
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ghare Baire, 1985 | Photographic Still
Ghosh, Nemai (Still Photographer), Ghare Baire, 1985 | Working Still
Ghare Baire (The Home and the World, 1984) The Bengali-language romantic drama directed and written by Satyajit Ray was adapted from Rabindranath Tagore's seminal novel of the same name. The film features a stellar cast including Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Swatilekha Chatterjee (credited as Swatilekha Sengupta), and Jennifer Kendal. Supporting roles are portrayed by Gopa Aich as the sister-in-law, Manoj Mitra as the Headmaster, Indrapramit Roy as Amulya, Bimala Chatterjee as Kulada, and Master Ajay Ghosh. The narrative offers a layered exploration of themes such as nationalism, female emancipation, spiritual versus material worldviews, and the tension between tradition and modernity—all set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Bengal during the Swadeshi movement. At the heart of the story is Bimala, a woman encouraged by her progressive husband Nikhil to transcend the boundaries of the traditional zenana (women's...
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घरे-बाइरे (1984) सत्यजित राय निर्देशित यह बांग्ला भाषा की ड्रामा फ़िल्म गुरुदेव रवींद्रनाथ ठाकुर के इसी नाम के लिखे प्रसिद्ध उपन्यास पर आधारित है। फ़िल्म की पटकथा भी स्वयं सत्यजित राय ने लिखी थी। फ़िल्म में केंद्रीय किरदारों में सौमित्र चटर्जी, विक्टर बनर्जी, स्वातिलेखा चटर्जी (नामांकन में स्वातिलेखा सेनगुप्ता) और जेनिफ़र केंडल ने प्रमुख भूमिकाएँ निभाई हैं। फ़िल्म के अन्य सहायक किरदारों में भाभी की भूमिका में गोपा एच, प्रधानाध्यापक की भूमिका में मनोज मित्रा, अमूल्य के किरदार में इंद्रप्रमित राय, कुलदा की भूमिका में बिमला चटर्जी और मास्टर अजय घोष शामिल हैं। फ़िल्म की कहानी राष्ट्रीयता, स्त्री-मुक्ति, आध्यात्मिक बनाम भौतिक सोच और परम्परा विरुद्ध आधुनिकता जैसे मुद्दों की गहराई में जाकर पड़ताल करती है। यह कथानक बीसवीं सदी के आरंभ के बंगाल के स्वदेशी आंदोलन की पृष्ठभूमि में रचा गया है। कहानी के केंद्र में बिमला का किरदार है। बिमला एक ऐसी स्त्री है जिसे उसके प्रगतिशील सोच रखनेवाले पति निखिल ने घर और बाहर के बंटवारे के रूढ़िवादी नज़रिये से परे जाकर 'ज़नाने' (महिलाओं के हिस्से) की सीमाओं से बाहर निकलने के लिए प्रोत्साहित किया है। लेकिन यह प्रगतिशील जागृति तब एक मशमकश भरे मोड़ पर पहुँच जाती है जब निखिल का राजनैतिक धरातल पर उग्रपंथी जोश से भरा मित्र संदीप उनके जीवन में प्रवेश करता है। शुरुआत में...
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Body of Work
Ghare Baire (1985)
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ghare Baire, 1985 | Photographic Still | CinemaEducation | 00663282
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Ghare Baire is an exceptionally heady film, a work of ideas and polemic like Tagore's novel on which it is based. The film is set against the 1905 Partition of Bengal in British-India. Viceroy Lord Curzon, as a means of minimizing the growing nationalist movement in Bengal, divided it on communal lines. Swadeshi was a reactionary movement designed to protest the divide with a concerted programme to destroy foreign goods, but it had its own share of hostilities. Although the burning of British cloth with the rallying cry 'Bande Mataram!' became a powerful device, it was costly in its wastefulness. The needs of the poor who could not buy swadeshi- not only clothes but essential goods like salt, sugar and soap, were being ignored. Zaminder of Shukhshayar, Nikhil is one of the deterents of the bonfire campaigns. He understands the exploitative nature of coloniaist economy and protests the partition, but champions the cause of poors, especially the poor Muslims in his estate. The still shows the inner quarters or zenana of the zamindar's house where we see Bimala, Nikhil's wife.
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ghare Baire, 1985 | Photographic Still | CinemaEducation | 00663282
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Ghare Baire is an exceptionally heady film, a work of ideas and polemic like Tagore's novel on which it is based. The film is set against the 1905 Partition of Bengal in British-India. Viceroy Lord Curzon, as a means of minimizing the growing nationalist movement in Bengal, divided it on communal lines. Swadeshi was a reactionary movement designed to protest the divide with a concerted programme to destroy foreign goods, but it had its own share of hostilities. Although the burning of British cloth with the rallying cry 'Bande Mataram!' became a powerful device, it was costly in its wastefulness. The needs of the poor who could not buy swadeshi- not only clothes but essential goods like salt, sugar and soap, were being ignored. Zaminder of Shukhshayar, Nikhil is one of the deterents of the bonfire campaigns. He understands the exploitative nature of coloniaist economy and protests the partition, but champions the cause of poors, especially the poor Muslims in his estate. The still shows the inner quarters or zenana of the zamindar's house where we see Bimala, Nikhil's wife.
Art Director
Ashoke Bose
Assistant Directors
Sandip Ray,
Ramesh Sen,
Subrata Lahiri,
Shanti Kumar
Banner
N. F. D. C.
Cinematographer
Soumendu Roy
Controller of Production
Bhanu Ghosh
Director
Satyajit Ray
Editing
Dulal Dutta
Executive Producer
Anil Chowdhury
Lead Cast
Victor Banerjee,
Soumitra Chatterjee,
Jennifer Kendal,
Swatilekha Sengupta
Lead Cast Rest
Gopa Aich,
Bimala Chatterjee,
Manoj Mitra
Makeup Director
Ananta Das
Music Director
Satyajit Ray
Poster Designer
Satyajit Ray
Presented by Institution
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Re recording
Hitendra Ghosh
Screenplay Writer
Satyajit Ray
Script Writer
Satyajit Ray
Still Photographer
Nemai Ghosh,
Hirak Sen,
Satyaki
Story Writer
Rabindranath Tagore
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Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ghare Baire, 1985 | Photographic Still
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ghare Baire, 1985 | Photographic Still
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Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ghare Baire, 1985 | Photographic Still
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Ghosh, Nemai (Still Photographer), Ghare Baire, 1985 | Working Still
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Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ghare Baire, 1985 | Photographic Still
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ghare Baire, 1985 | Photographic Still
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