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Devi (1960)
Criterion Collection

English · Blu-ray

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Master filmmaker Satyajit Ray explores the conflict between fanaticism and free will in Devi (The Goddess), issuing a subversively modern challenge to religious orthodoxy and patriarchal power structures. In the waning days of mid-nineteenth-century India’s feudal system, after his son (Soumitra Chatterjee) leaves for Kolkata to complete his studies, a wealthy rural landowner (Chhabi Biswas) is seized by the notion that his beloved daughter-in-law (a hauntingly sad-eyed Sharmila Tagore) is the reincarnation of the goddess Kali—a delusion that proves devastating to the young woman and those around her. The opulently stylized compositions and the chiaroscuro lighting by cinematographer Subrata Mitra heighten the entrancing expressionistic intensity of this domestic tragedy, making for an experience that is both sublime and shattering.

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Actor Sharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee, Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Bannerjee
Director Satyajit Ray
Label SONY PICTURES HE
 
Languages English
Content Blu-ray
Edition Criterion Collection
Publication date 22.11.2021
Genre Drama
 
Audio Bengali (Dolby Digital)
Subtitles English
Screen 16/9
Year of production 1960
Version UK Version
Region code B
 

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