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Sonar Kella Torrent9/15/2020
On the train, everyone recognizes him, from a cranky old man that disapproves of his drinking to a fawning mother and daughter who share a cabin with him.He received major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies and an Academy Award for lifetime achievement in 1992.Amal, his brother, comes for a visit and after a while Bhupati coaxes him to bring out Charulatas artistic leaning.
![]() Bhupati however, catches Charulata crying over Amal and under the impact of this incredible spectacle rushes out of the house, unable to bear the sight of an unfaithful wife. The end of the film finds Bhupati returning home, having realized that he too must bear part of the responsibility for the profound tragedy that has wrecked his home and happiness. When Feluda and his cousin arrives in the city of Benares for a vacation, they are roped in to solve the theft of a precious goldstatue of Ganesha, a family heirloom handed down from a former king of Nepal. Feluda befriends Riku, a young boy who helpshim uncover vital clues to solve the mystery of the missing statue. Featuring a cast of colourful characters with a climax set on the Ganges, The Elephant God is a rousing and terrific companionpiece to Rays earlier Feluda adventure, The Golden Fortress. ![]() At Bimals house, Amitabha is surprised to find that his benefactors wife, Karuna (MadhabiMukherjee), is the woman he had been in love with years before, and lost because of his own indecisiveness. Bimal, unaware of the past relationship between his wife and his guest, wines and dines with Amitabha and in the course of evening reveals his own character with disarming frankness. The more be learns about Bimal, the more Amitabha realises that the marriage cannot have been a happy one for Karuna. Ray focuses on the socioeconomic struggles of the impoverished lower and middleclass through the emancipation of the central female character. Subrata, an ordinary employee of a bank, is the only member of the family with an income. Against established custom and the reproofs of her father-in-law, Subratas wife Arati seeks employment as a door-to-door salesgirl. When she becomes successful in her work, gaining self-confidence and financial independence, her husband is unable to accept the situation and wishes for her to quit. Ironically, a crisis at the bank erupts and Arati resigns as a protest against the wounded honor of her friend, an Anglo-Indian woman. Ray exposes the hypocrisy of blind faith and religious fanaticism. Ever since the death of his wife, GurupadaMitter, advocate, has been going through a state of deep mental unrest. On his way back from Benares with his daughter Buchki, Gurupada encounters Birinchi a Babaji who claims to be ageless. Gurupada is impressed and decides to patronize the saint and become his disciple. Daughter Buchki has her own problems, such as disappointment with her lover Satya, who has written her a love letter consisting solely of quotations from romantic poets. To teach him a lesson, Buchki tells Satya that she is going to renounce him and become a disciple of Birinchi.
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