INFORMATION
Director: Satyajit Ray
Year: 1962
Duration: 150’
Language: VOSC
Genre: Drama
SYNOPSIS
It tells the story of a cab driver, Narsingh, who tries to reinvent his life by visiting his homeland after his driving license is withdrawn but gets caught up in Sukharam’s smuggling and human trafficking businesses. Soumitra Chatterjee, who plays the cab driver, gives one of his best performances, touching the hearts of the viewers. It is believed that this popular character and the Bengali feature film itself were the sources of inspiration for internationally renowned director Martin Scorsese and his 1976 film, Taxi Driver.
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Satyajit Ray was born in Calcutta in 1921. Son of Sukumar Ray, one of the leading figures of the Bengali literary scene, in 1940 he graduated in economics from the University of Calcutta and went to work as an illustrator at Tagore University in Viswa-Bharati. He made his directorial debut in 1955 with the eponymous adaptation of the 1928 novel Pather Panchali (“Song of the Road”), which began his trilogy on the life of the young Apu, followed by Aparajito (“The Invincible”, 1956) and Apur Sansar (“Apu’s World”, 1959). This was the basis for the rise of his reputation as one of the country’s best filmmakers. In addition to being a director, he was a screenwriter, composer of the soundtrack, editor and designer of the credits and publicity material for his films. Throughout his extensive film career, Ray received as many as 36 Indian National Film Awards, a Golden Lion, two Silver Bears, as well as the Bharat Ratna, India’s most prestigious civilian award. Almost a month before his death, he became the first Indian to receive an Honorary Oscar in 1992.
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A Balance

A Leave (휴가)

A Love Unknown

A New Day

A’HR

Abhijan (THE EXPEDITION)

Along the Sea

Anima

APARAJITO (THE INVINCIBLE)

Apur sansar (the world of apu)

Aranyer din ratri (Days and nights in the forest)

Around The Table

Bandar Band

Bedridden

Better Days (少年的你)

Bipolar

Borderlands

Bridge

Café By the Highway

Camino Skies

Can Neither Stay Here, Nor Journey Beyond

Captive (Nazarband)

Cartas de Akyab

Charulata (Charulata or the lonely wife)

Children of the Night

Cinema Shahre Gheseh

COLD

Come Here

Crossroads (Tapguan)

Debris of Desire

Devi (The goddess)

Don’t Go Too Far (멀리가지마라)

Drifting (濁水漂流)

Drive My Car

Drown (Shena-ye Parvaneh)

Drowning In Holy Water

El Barro de la Revolución

Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt)

Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots

Far Frontiers

Faraway My Shadow Wandered

Fire on the Plain

Friends and Strangers

Ganashatru (An enemy of the people)

Ghare-Baire (Bimala’s world)

God on the Balcony

GOOPY GYNE BAGHA BYNE (GOOPY AND BAGHA’S ADVENTURES)

H is For Happiness

Hail, Driver

Hand Rolled Cigarette (手捲煙)

I am Vasantrao

I Don’t Fire Myself (나는 나를 해고하지 않는다)

I Met A Girl

In the Wake

Jalsaghar (The music room)

Jeux de Plage

Josée (조제)

Just 1 Day (給我1天)

Keep Rolling (好好拍電影)

Lato Kosero

Life in 24 Frames

Lockdown

Los mensajes ocultos de Ganga

Love, Life and Goldfish

Mahanagar (One Night in Kathmandu)

Mahanagar (The Big City)

Malu

My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan

Nayak (The Hero)

Not Today

On Your Mom, Get, Set, Go! / Zero to Hero (媽媽的神奇小子)

One More Rainbow (Isa Pang Bahagari)

One Second Champion (秒拳王)

Our Midnight (아워 미드나잇)

Paranoia

Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road)

Pratidwandi (The Adversary)

Ready O/R Knot (不日成婚)

Restart

Rosemary’s Way

Running to the Sky

Sehar

Shakha Proshakha (Branches of the tree)

Shatranj Ke Khilari (The chess players)

Son of the Macho Dancer (Anak ng macho dancer)

Stars Await Us

Stoma (造口人)

Streamline

The Australian Dream

The Badger

The Blue Girl (Dokhtar-e Abi)

The Dogs Didn’t Sleep Last Night (Sag-ha Dishab Na-khabidand)

The Flute

The Forbidden Strings

The Fourth Round (Rand-e Chaharom)

The Great Indian Kitchen

The Inheritance (Mord-e Khor)

The Lake

The Reversed Path (Masir-e Makus)

The Road to Eden

The Single Tumbler

The Slaughterhouse (Koshtargah)

The Woman

The Women

The Year of the Everlasting Storm

Time (殺出個黃昏)

Ulbolsyn

Unboxing Girl (평평남녀)

Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash

Walnut Tree

Water Boy

What We Left Unfinished

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Gūzen to Sōzo)

Where is Pinki?

Wind

Wu Hai

Yellow Cat
