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7.8/10   333 votes
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Director:
Satyajit Ray
Writers:
Prabhat Kumar Mukherjee (story)
Satyajit Ray (writer)
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Release Date:
19 February 1960 (India) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Devi focuses on a young woman, who is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal landlord, envisions her as the Goddess Kali. more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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provocative psychological drama - NOT bollywood more

Cast

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Chhabi Biswas ... Kalikinkar Roy
Soumitra Chatterjee ... Umaprasad
Sharmila Tagore ... Doyamoyee
Purnendu Mukherjee ... Taraprasad
Karuna Bannerjee ... Harasundari
Arpan Chowdhury ... Khoka, child
Anil Chatterjee ... Bhudeb
Kali Sarkar ... Professor Sarkar
Mohammed Israil ... Nibaran
Khagesh Chakravarti ... Kaviraj
Nagendranath Kabyabyakarantirtha ... Priest
Santa Devi ... Sarala
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Goddess
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
India
Language:
Bengali
Sound Mix:
Mono

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
provocative psychological drama - NOT bollywood, 10 October 2004
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This film was made in 1960. This is interesting because it is highly doubtful that the same film could be made in India today, in spite of India's massive film industry. The film does a great depiction of the crisis faced by people struggling to be modern yet encumbered with the traditional systems and the specter of having been colonized.

The younger son is ready to walk away from the bondage of traditional and as he sees, the superstition of the traditional life. Of course, he is reaping the benefit of life as a high caste. His young wife becomes the Devi - the embodiment of the goddess. This film also works well for its psychological content for the way we see the father project his desires onto those around him, and the choices faced by each character. In light of the fundamentalism worldwide - Christian, Muslim & Hindu - it is hard to image that this film could be made today in India since it leans to a skeptical view of Darsan and the goddess.

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