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Agantuk videorecording Le Studio Canal+ ; National Film Development Corporation of India ; produced by Satyajit Ray ; screenplay and direction, Satyajit Ray.

By:

Ray, Satyajit

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmSeries: Tributes to the master Satyajit Ray's | Tributes to the masterPublication details: New Delhi Eagle Video c2003Description: 1 videodisc (115 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 inOther title:

Title on disc Satyajit Ray's Agantuk The stranger
Stranger

Subject(s):

Impostors, drama, inheritance and succession, families, motion pictures, comedy films, feature films

DDC classification:

791.4372 22

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Contents:

Agantuk is a 1991 Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Anila Bose, who lives in Calcutta, receives a letter from someone claiming to be her long lost uncle, Manomohan Mitra. He writes that he is visiting India after 35 years abroad and, as Anila is his only surviving relative, wants to meet her before he sets off again. Anila looks forward to it, but her husband, Sudhindra, is suspicious. The uncle arrives and stays. He says that he is an anthropologist. who has traveled all over the world, and immediately wins the friendship of their son, Satyaki. Anila suddenly remembers her grandfather's will, and Sudhindra is quick to suspect that the man calling himself Manomohan has come only to claim his share of the inheritance. Anila also starts to doubt his identity, while their son truly believes that he is who he claims to be. The central conflict of the film rests upon the identity of the man and the family's struggle to determine it.

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Multimedia

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Multimedia	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus Central Library	Special collection- CD/DVD (Multimedia)	791.4372 AG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		300363

Agantuk is a 1991 Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Anila Bose, who lives in Calcutta, receives a letter from someone claiming to be her long lost uncle, Manomohan Mitra. He writes that he is visiting India after 35 years abroad and, as Anila is his only surviving relative, wants to meet her before he sets off again. Anila looks forward to it, but her husband, Sudhindra, is suspicious. The uncle arrives and stays. He says that he is an
anthropologist. who has traveled all over the world, and immediately wins the friendship of their son, Satyaki. Anila suddenly remembers her grandfather's will, and Sudhindra is quick to suspect that the man calling himself Manomohan has come only to claim his share of the inheritance. Anila also starts to doubt his identity, while their son truly believes that he is who he claims to be. The central conflict of the film rests upon the identity of the man and the family's struggle to determine it.

Bengali and English dialogue, with optional English subtitles

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