Agantuk
Ray, Satyajit
Agantuk videorecording Title on disc Satyajit Ray's Agantuk The stranger Stranger Le Studio Canal+ ; National Film Development Corporation of India ; produced by Satyajit Ray ; screenplay and direction, Satyajit Ray. - New Delhi Eagle Video c2003 - 1 videodisc (115 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in. - Tributes to the master Satyajit Ray's . - Tributes to the master. .
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
Impostors, drama, inheritance and succession, families, motion pictures, comedy films, feature films,
791.4372
Agantuk videorecording Title on disc Satyajit Ray's Agantuk The stranger Stranger Le Studio Canal+ ; National Film Development Corporation of India ; produced by Satyajit Ray ; screenplay and direction, Satyajit Ray. - New Delhi Eagle Video c2003 - 1 videodisc (115 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in. - Tributes to the master Satyajit Ray's . - Tributes to the master. .
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
Impostors, drama, inheritance and succession, families, motion pictures, comedy films, feature films,
791.4372