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Directed by the visionary Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, tells the story of a family that has been uprooted by the Partition of India and come to depend on their eldest daughter, the self-sacrificing Neeta. She watches helplessly as her own hopes and desires are pushed aside time and again by thos...

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Main Author: Rājaguru, Śaktipada (Author)
Other Authors: Ghatak, Ritwikkumar, 1925-1976 (Screenwriter), Supriẏā Debī, 1933- (Actor), Chatterjee, Anil, 1929-1996 (Actor), Bhaṭṭācārya, Bijana, 1915-1978 (Actor), Gupta, Dinen (director of photography.), Moitra, Jyotirindra (composer (expression))
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:Bengali
Language Notes:Bengali dialogue; English subtitles.
Published: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
Edition:Blu-ray ed.
Series:Criterion collection ; 993.
Subjects:
Families > India > Drama.
Parent and child > India > Drama.
Happiness > Drama.
Families.
Happiness.
Parent and child.
India.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Indic.
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Summary:Directed by the visionary Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, tells the story of a family that has been uprooted by the Partition of India and come to depend on their eldest daughter, the self-sacrificing Neeta. She watches helplessly as her own hopes and desires are pushed aside time and again by those of her siblings and parents, until all her chances for happiness evaporate, leaving her crushed and ailing.
Item Description:Title from folded sheet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Aspect ratio 1.37:1.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration, undertaken in partnership with the Film Foundation's World Cinema Project and the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; new conversation between filmmakers Saeed Akhtar Mirza and Kumar Shahani; stills gallery featuring rare photographs related to director Ritwik Ghatak's life and work, curated by writer and photographer Nabarupa Bhattacharjee; new English subtitle translation; plus: an essay by film scholar Ira Bhaskar.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (17 x 72 folded to 17 x 12 cm)
Format:Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player; Aspect ratio 1.37:1; Monaural.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Dinen Gupta ; editor, Ramesh Joshi ; art director, Rabi Chattopadhyay ; musical direction, Jyotirindra Moitra.
ISBN:9781681436210
1681436213