Ashani Sanket videorecording a film by Satyajit Ray.

By:

Ray,Satyajit

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Material type: Film

FilmPublication details: Calcutta Angel Video c2004Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (1ca. 01 min) sd., col 4 3/4 inISBN:

1572521775

Subject(s):

Feature films -- India, Balaka Movies, Drama - Film, World War II

DDC classification:

791.4372 AS

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Contents:

The film is set in 1943-44, when the famine struck Bengal during the British rule in India. It was a man made famine. As the British government cornered the civilian food supply for its armies, the people starved. The famine claimed the lives of five million people. The story takes place in a small village during the World War II. The famine affects the lives of the families in different ways. Gangacharan, an educated Brahmin, has recently arrived to settle in the village with his wife. He decides to teach and conduct religious ceremonies in exchange for being supported by the villagers. The villagers readily agree. His wife, Ananga, is a sensuous woman. She is sensitive, giving, and devoted to her husband. The film is set in a village in the Indian province of Bengal during World War II, and examines the effect of the Great Famine of 1943 on the villages of Bengal through the eyes of a young Brahmin doctor-teacher, Gangacharan, and his wife, Anaga. Ray shows the human scale of a cataclysmic event that killed more than 3 million people.

Production credits:

Awards:

"3 National, 2 International awards"

Satyajit Ray; Soumitra Chatterjee; Santosh Mitra; Shelly Pal; Summary:

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Multimedia	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	Special collection- CD/DVD (Multimedia)	Central Library	791.4372 AS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1 DVD	1	Available		300167

Based on the novel "Ashani Sanket" by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay

All regions DVD. Colour recording system:NTSC

The film is set in 1943-44, when the famine struck Bengal during the British rule in India. It was a man made famine. As the British government cornered the civilian food supply for its armies, the people starved. The famine claimed the lives of five million people. The story takes place in a small village during the World War II. The famine affects the lives of the families in different ways.
Gangacharan, an educated Brahmin, has recently arrived to settle in the village with his wife. He decides to teach and conduct religious ceremonies in exchange for being supported by the villagers. The villagers readily agree. His wife, Ananga, is a sensuous woman. She is sensitive, giving, and devoted to her husband.

The film is set in a village in the Indian province of Bengal during World War II, and examines the effect of the Great Famine of 1943 on the villages of Bengal through the eyes of a young Brahmin doctor-teacher, Gangacharan, and his wife, Anaga. Ray shows the human scale of a cataclysmic event that killed more than 3 million people.