Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ghare Baire, 1985 | Photographic Still | 00891146
Roy, Soumendu (Cinematographer), Ghare Baire, 1985 | Photographic Still
CinematographerSoumendu Roy
Document TypePhotographic Still
Film TitleGhare Baire (The Home and the World), 1985, India, Bengali
Scene DescriptionGhare 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. (1/39)
DirectorSatyajit RayBannerN. F. D. C.
Art DirectorAshoke Bose
CastVictor Banerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Jennifer Kendal, Swatilekha Sengupta, Gopa Aich, Bimala Chatterjee, Manoj Mitra
EditingDulal Dutta
Music DirectorSatyajit Ray
Script WriterSatyajit Ray
Keywordsghare-baire-1984
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