Ghare-baire videorecording produced by NFDC ; directed, screenplay, music by Satyajit Ray

Sources used: videodisc container.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1984.

Based on the novel by Rabindranath Tagore.

Ghare Baire is a 1984 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film directed and written by Satyajit Ray. Based on Rabindranath Tagore's novel of the same name, starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Jennifer Kendal and Swatilekha Chatterjee. Dealing with the subject of the emancipation of women, the film shows what it does to women and to those who love them. The story is set in 1907 on the estate of the rich Bengali noble Nikhilesh. In the chaotic aftermath of Lord Curzon's partition of Bengal into Muslim and Hindu states, the Swadeshi movement is trying to impose a boycott of foreign goods by claiming that imports are at the root of Indian poverty. He lives happily with his beautiful wife Bimala until the appearance of his friend, a revolutionist, Sandip. He is a passionate and active man, is a contradiction to the peace-loving and somewhat passive Nikhilesh. He easily attracts the innocent and unsuspecting Bimala, creating a love triangle. Although Nikhilesh figures out what is happening, he is a mature person and grants Bimala the freedom to grow and choose what she wants in life, as their marriage was arranged when she was a girl. Bimala experiences the emotions of love for the first time in a manner that helps her understand that it is indeed her husband Nikhilesh who really loves her. Importantly, Nikhilesh tells Bimala that he would like her to have a life not only inside the home, but outside of it as well — a controversial stance in 1916 when the novel was written.

Photography, Soumendu Roy ; editor, Dulal Dutta.

Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Swatilekha Chatterji, Bimal Chatterji.

DVD

In Bengali with English subtitles.