The Home and the World

The Home and the World (1985)

ঘরে বাইরে

TRADITION VERSUS MODERNISM

In the early 1900s, Nikhilesh, a wealthy Westernized Hindu in colonial East Bengal, feels compelled to test the love of his wife, Bimala. He introduces her to his friend Sandip, a politician agitating against British rule, and Bimala is equally taken with both Sandip's anti-colonial fervor and the man himself. Personal and political tensions subsequently flare as the now assertive Bimala has to make a crucial decision.

Date of release
1985-01-04
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (30)
Runtime
2h 20m
Genres
Drama
Director
Satyajit Ray

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Ghare-Bhaire
  • Awards: 3 · Nominations: 0. Including: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor; National Film Award for Best Bengali Feature Film; National Film Award for Best Costume Design

Ghare Baire is a 1984 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film directed and written by Satyajit Ray. The film is based on Rabindranath Tagore's novel of the same name, and stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Swatilekha Chatterjee and Jennifer Kendal. The film has a complex portrayal of several themes including nationalism, women's emancipation, spiritual and materialistic takes on life, tradition versus modernism, and others.

Production

Satyajit Ray wrote a script for Ghare Baire in the 1940s, but the film, which was to have been directed by Harisadhan Dasgupta, was never made. Years later, Ray returned to his script and reworked it, describing the original version as "amateurish". Soumitra Chatterjee was a Ray regular, having started his career with Apur Sansar. Victor Banerjee had also worked with Ray in Shatranj ke Khilari.

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