The servant boy, a minor, engaged in a middle class family dies mysteriously locked in a kitchen.Read More »
Mamata Shankar
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Mrinal Sen – Kharij AKA The Case Is Closed (1982)
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Satyajit Ray – Agantuk AKA The Stranger (1991)
Satyajit Ray1991-2000DramaIndiaQuote:
Satyajit Ray’s valedictory film is a multifaceted character study that contains both humor and melancholy rumination. Based on the filmmaker’s own story, The Stranger involves a bourgeois couple who are taken off guard when a man claiming to be the wife’s long-lost uncle sends word that he will be coming to stay with them after years of travel. Though they fear he’s an impostor, they tentatively let the man into their home, commencing an eye-opening emotional journey for the family. A humanist exploration of class, faith, and tradition versus progress, The Stranger is a bittersweet good-bye from one of the world’s most important filmmakers.Read More » -
Mrinal Sen – Ek Din Pratidin aka And Quiet Rolls the Day (1979)
1971-1980ArthouseDramaIndiaMrinal SenPlot synopsis:
The bread-winning daughter in a middle-class family fails to return from work one evening. The night begins with worries at home, followed by midnight searches and finally a deepening crisis arising out of economic and moral constraints prevalent in the society. Yet the film speaks of hope, of strength hidden behind despair.Read More »