Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ashani Sanket, 1973 | Photographic Still | 00891045
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ashani Sanket, 1973 | Photographic Still
CinematographerSoumendu Roy
Document TypePhotographic Still
Film TitleAshani Sanket (Distant Thunder), 1973, India, Bengali
Scene DescriptionMoti is a lower caste wife from Gangacharan's previous village who loses her whole family to hunger and disease. On her last leg, she reaches Gangacharan's doorstep after starving for four days. She lays under the tree with no remaining ability to stand up or talk. The wife spots her and brings her food wrapped in a banana leaf. The girl is too weak even to eat. But the wife does not touch the untouchable girl, let alone try and feed her. She leaves her laid on the dirt. (18/24)
ProducerSharbani BhattacharyaDirectorSatyajit RayBannerBalaka Movies
Art DirectorAshoke Bose
CastChitra Banerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, Bobita, Paritosh Banerjee, Sachin Chakraborty, Govinda Chakravarti
EditingDulal Dutta
Music DirectorSatyajit Ray
Script WriterSatyajit Ray
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