Charulata
by
 
Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992, screenwriter, composer, film director.

Title
Charulata

Alternate title
Known in Bengali as: Cārulatā
 
Also known as: Lonely wife

Author
Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992, screenwriter, composer, film director.
 
Bansal, R. D., film producer.
 
Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Saumitra, 1935-2020, actor.
 
Mukhopādhyāẏa, Mādhabī, 1943- actor.
 
Mukherjee, Sailen, actor.
 
Ghosal, Shyamal, actor.
 
Roy, Gitali, actor.
 
Sena, Subrata, 1963- actor.
 
Ghosha, Baṅkima, 1922-1992, actor.
 
Mitra, Subrata, 1930-2001, director of photography.
 
Chandragupta, Bansi, production designer.
 
Dutta, Dulal, editor of moving image work.
 
Rammohun Roy, Raja, 1772?-1833, lyricist.
 
Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941, lyricist.
 
Tansen, -1589, lyricist.
 
Bawra, Baiju, 1542-1613, lyricist.
 
Biśvāsa, Maināka, interviewee.
 
Chaudhuri, Supriya, interviewee.
 
Bachmann, Gideon, interviewee.
 
Kemp, Philip, writer of added text.
 
Robinson, Andrew, 1957- interviewer.
 
RDB Organization (Firm), production company.
 
Criterion Collection (Firm), production company, restorationist, film distributor.

Series
Criterion collection ;

Series Number
669.

Summary
Set in late 19th-century, pre-independence India, this film is about a woman's artistic and romantic yearning. It is about the lonely wife of a workaholic newspaper editor, Charulata, whose beautiful face masks a burning creativity. When her husband's poet cousin comes to stay with them, Charulata finds herself both inspired by him creatively and dangerously drawn to him physically. A delicate tale of a marriage in jeopardy and a woman taking the first steps toward establishing her own voice.

General Note
Title and statement of responsibility from English subtitles.
 
Based on Nastanirh = The broken nest / by Rabindranath Tagore.
 
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1964.
 
Special features: Interviews with the actors (Madhabi Mukherjee and Soumitra Chatterjee); Adapting Tagore (a new interview program, film scholar Moinak Biswas and Bengali cultural historian Supriya Chaudhuri discuss Satyajit Ray's controversial adaptation); Satyajit Ray on progress (archival audio interview with director Satyajit Ray by film journalist Gideon Bachmann). Booklet features essay by critic Philip Kemp and an interview with Ray by his biographer Andrew Robinson.

Physical Description
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).

Genre
Foreign films.
 
Films in Bengali.
 
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
 
Romance films.
 
Film adaptations.
 
Fiction films.
 
Feature films.

Personal Subject
Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941-Film adaptations.

Subject Term
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
 
Married women -- Drama.
 
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.

Geographic Term
India -- Drama.

Author(s)
Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992,
 
Bansal, R. D.,
 
Caṭṭopādhyāẏa, Saumitra, 1935-2020,
 
Mukhopādhyāẏa, Mādhabī, 1943-
 
Mukherjee, Sailen,
 
Ghosal, Shyamal,
 
Roy, Gitali,
 
Sena, Subrata, 1963-
 
Ghosha, Baṅkima, 1922-1992,
 
Mitra, Subrata, 1930-2001,
 
Chandragupta, Bansi,
 
Dutta, Dulal,
 
Rammohun Roy, Raja, 1772?-1833,
 
Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941,
 
Tansen, -1589,
 
Bawra, Baiju, 1542-1613,
 
Biśvāsa, Maināka,
 
Chaudhuri, Supriya,
 
Bachmann, Gideon,
 
Kemp, Philip,
 
Robinson, Andrew, 1957-

Added Corporate Author
RDB Organization (Firm),
 
Criterion Collection (Firm),

Publisher
Criterion Collection,

Electronic Access
View cover art

Publication Date
2013
 
1964

ISBN
9781604657630

Publication Information
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2013]

Call Number
DVD CHARULA


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