Ganashatru (1989) Also Known As: An Enemy of the People Country: India Language: Bengali Year: 1989 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Dipankar Dey, Subhendu Chatterjee, Manoj Mitra, Satya Bannerjee, Vishwa Guha Takurta, Mamata Shankar | | Director: Satyajit Ray Music Director: Satyajit Ray Story: Henrik Ibsen
| | Ghare-Baire (1984) Also Known As: The Home and the World Country: India Language: Bengali Year: 1984 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama
Description The opening years of this century, the British are pursuing a policy of divide and rule, creating an artificial rift between Hindus and Muslims. The middle class intelligentsia is violently opposed to this policy. Sandip Mukherjee, a leader of this political movement, comes to Suksayar, the country estate of his friend Nikhil Choudhury. Nikhil's wife Bimla is swept off her feet by Sandip's charisma and lively charm, which is in sharp contrast to her own husband's calm sobriety. Sandip, attracted to Bimala, decides to make Suksayar the centre of his political activity. Nikhil realizes what has happened. He knows that Sandip is driven more by a lust for power than any genuine patriotic motive...
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Manoj Mitra, Jennifer Kapoor, Swatilekha Chatterjee, Gopa Aich, Indrapramit Roy, Bimala Chatterjee | | Director: Satyajit Ray Music Director: Satyajit Ray Story: Rabindranath Tagore
| | Agantuk (1991) Also Known As: The Stranger Country: India Language: Bengali Year: 1991 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama
Description Anila and her husband, Sudhindra Bose, receive the news that her uncle Manmohan, who has spent more than 35 years travelling in distant lands, is back in India and would like to spend a few days with them. Manmohan arrives and turns out to be a forthright man with lots of stories to tell about his travels, which make the Boses a bit suspicious. He, however, wins the admiration of their 11-year-old son, Satyaki. Sengupta, a barrister friend, is invited to subject the uncle to an interrogation during the course of which Manmohan is openly insulted. The next morning, Manmohan is gone. The couple set out in search of him and eventually make a discovery that is both a source of delight and shame for them.
Cast: Utpal Dutt, Mamata Shankar, Depankar De, Robi Ghosh, Subrata Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Ajit Banerjee, Promode Ganguly | | Director: Satyajit Ray Music Director: Satyajit Ray Story: Satyajit Ray
| | Uttoran (1994) Also Known As: Uttaran, The Broken Journey Country: India Language: Bengali Year: 1994 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama
Description An elitist general practitioner, Dr. Nihar Sen Gupta, is invited to lecture at the Rotary Club of Jamshedpur. On his way to the lecture he has a flat tyre. While it is being changed, he hears a groaning from behind a bush. On investigation he finds an old peasant lying in a comatose state. Since he is in a hurry, he arranges for the peasant to be taken away to his village. The men who carry him away say that the peasant needs a witch doctor. Dr. Sen Gupta drives on, but has second thoughts and returns. He is just in time to interrupt the exorcism and have the old peasant carried back to his hut.
Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Debatosh Ghosh, Sadhu Meher, Mamata Shankar, Bina, Pallavi Roy, Subhendu Chatterjee, Masood Akhtar, Prattyush Banerjee, Ashish Mukherjee, Minakshi Goswami, Arun Mukherjee | | Director: Sandip Ray Music Director: Sandip Ray Story: Satyajit Ray
| | | Format: DVD Label: Max Catalog No: MXDVD 031 DVD Region: All Region No Of Disks: 4 Subtitles: English Video: NTSC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
