Film TitleShakha Proshakha (Branches of the Tree), 1991, India, Bengali
Scene DescriptionPrashanta cocoons himself himself in Western classical music and is at peace while listening to his records or sitting and humming. Pratap finds him in his dark room, with just a candle lit for light. Prashanto puts, music is his reason for leaving, the light of his darkness. The Gregorian chant is playing at midnight on a tape recorder that his brothers have gifted him. Pratap comes to appreciate the simplicity of Prashanta's life and the great gap between him and the sullied world outside where Pratap himself feels alienated. (15/37)
ProducerGérard Depardieu, Daniel Toscan duPlantierDirectorSatyajit RayBannerErato Films
Art DirectorAshoke Bose
CastAjit Banerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Dipankar Dey, Haradhan bannerjee, Lili Chakravarty, Ranjit Mullick, Mamata Shankar
EditingDulal Dutta
Music DirectorSatyajit Ray
Script WriterSatyajit Ray