Paras-Pathar (1958)

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Certificate: Passed Comedy | Drama

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Based on popular Indian stories of great writer Rabindra Nath Tagore, these short films reveal definitive moments in the lives of three young girls.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Stars: Anil Chatterjee, Chandana Banerjee, Aparna Sen

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A devout Hindu family falls victim to a charlatan posing as a holy man.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Stars: Charuprakash Ghosh, Rabi Ghosh, Prasad Mukherjee

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A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long-lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves... See full summary »

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Stars: Dipankar Dey, Mamata Shankar, Bikram Bhattacharya

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A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Stars: Sharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee, Chhabi Biswas

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A group of Calcutta city slickers, including the well-off Asim (Soumitra Chatterjee), the meek Sanjoy (Subhendu Chatterjee) and the brutish Hari (Samit Bhanja), head out for a weekend in the wilderness.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Stars: Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose, Simi Garewal

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An upper-class Bengali family is on vacation in Darjeeling, a popular hill station and resort near Kanchenjungha.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Stars: Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Bannerjee, Pahadi Sanyal

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The musical duo of Goopi and Bagha make a comeback when they are invited to play for a king.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Rabi Ghosh

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En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams and past experiences.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Stars: Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen

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A bright and idealistic young man steels himself for the dog-eat-dog business world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Stars: Pradip Mukherjee, Rafiq Ahmed, S. Bagchi

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Chatterji is an ambitious and self-made young man who becomes the director of the company he works for.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Stars: Sharmila Tagore, Barun Chanda, Paromita Chowdhury

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A young college graduate is struggling to find a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Stars: Dhritiman Chatterjee, Asgar Ali, Arabinda Banerjee

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As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.

Director: Satyajit Ray

Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Bobita, Sandhya Roy

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Tulsi Chakraborty	...	Paresh Chandra Dutta (as Tulsi Chakravarty)
	Kali Bannerjee	...	Priyotosh Henry Biswas (as Kali Bannerji)
	Ranibala	...	Giribala Dutta
	Gangapada Basu	...	Kachalu (Businessman)
	Haridhan Mukherjee	...	Police Inspector
	Jahar Roy	...	Bhajahari
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Chhabi Biswas	...	Guest at Cocktail Party
	Bharati Devi	...	Guest at Cocktail Party
	Chandrabati Devi	...	Guest at Cocktail Party
	Jahar Ganguli	...	Guest at Cocktail Party
	Subodh Ganguli	...	Guest at Cocktail Party
	Tulsi Lahiri	...	Guest at Cocktail Party
	Kamal Mitra	...	Guest at Cocktail Party
	Nitish Mukherjee	...	Guest at Cocktail Party
	Amar Mullick	...	Guest at Cocktail Party

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Storyline

An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a 'parash pathar', a stone that changes iron to gold on touch.

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Country:

India

Language:

Bengali

Release Date:

18 February 1959 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

Paras-Pathar See more »

Filming Locations:

Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aurora, L.B.Films International See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

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Misfire from Ray

25 February 2013 | by princebansal1982 – See all my reviews

I am an ardent Ray fan and I till now I have seen 14 of his movies and loved 13 of them. Only one that I didn't love is Parash Pathar.

Satyajit Ray is my favorite filmmaker and all of his movies are master pieces. It is hard to find a fault in any of his movies. Acting is always very good, yet subtle. Background score is never over the top. There is no cheap melodrama and the viewer is encouraged to make his own conclusions. Even a minor actor not acting up to par has a jarring effect. It is like watching a blemish on an extraordinary piece of art.

So I was quite surprised by this movie, as the lead character Paresh Chandra Dutt was overacting a lot. So were some other actors. While in almost all Ray's movies characters are very real here they are caricatures instead and there is no subtlety to be found. Also the story never took an unexpected turn, it is another morality tale centered around philosopher's's stone. Though you can find Ray's touches here and there, there are not enough of them to save the film.

Though it a good film when compared with other Indian films of the same period, it doesn't in any way compares with Ray's other movies. I would recommend it only to Ray's die hard fans like me. Though I didn't really liked the movie I didn't consider it a waste of time either.

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