Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ashani Sanket, 1973 | Photographic Still

Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ashani Sanket, 1973 | Photographic Still | CinemaEducation | 00662982

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Film Title

Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), 1973, India, Bengali

Scene Description Gangacharan returns home to see Moti lying on dirt. He feels the untouchable girl's pulse to check if she is dead. It is a climactic moment is the film where the Brahmin man overcomes his religious inhibitions to finally extend his empathy as a human being. But he knows no one in the village will cremate her, so he must take the duty upon himself. Husband and wife watch as Dinabandhu Bhattacharya follows the road to their house with a paisley of children. They are supposedly coming to this house to look for sustenance. What would happen now? As Gangapada states, instead of two, they'll be ten now. His wife corrects him, there'll be eleven, indicating that she's expecting their child. (19/24)

Producer

Sharbani Bhattacharya

Director

Satyajit Ray

Banner

Balaka Movies

Art Director

Ashoke Bose

Cast

Chitra Banerjee,

Soumitra Chatterjee,

Sandhya Roy,

Bobita,

Paritosh Banerjee,

Sachin Chakraborty,

Govinda Chakravarti

Editing Dulal Dutta Music Director Satyajit Ray Script Writer Satyajit Ray

Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ashani Sanket, 1973 | Photographic Still