Articles tagged with: Satyajit Ray
The Chess Players (Shatranj ke Khilari)
1977, India, Satyajit Ray
Once again a Ray adaptation of a Munshi Premchand short-story. A big budget film (by Ray standards), this is the story of the British annexation of Lucknow in 1856. Being Ray there …
The Home and the World (Ghare-Baire)
1984, India, Satyajit Ray
Another masterpiece from India’s greatest director, this film deals with a sheltered Bengali woman who falls in love with her husband’s nationalist friend and becomes politically committed in the turmoil of 1907-08 …
Deliverance (Sadgati)
1981, India, Satyajit Ray
The ultimate cry of rage against injustice and oppression. In this Ray masterpiece, Dukhi, a low caste chamar is to all purposes worked to death in a single day by a heartless …
