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Three Daughters

Original title: Teen Kanya
  • 19611961
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
1.5K
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Teen Kanya (1961)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
Based on popular Indian stories of the great writer Rabindranath Tagore, these short films reveal definitive moments in the lives of three young girls.Based on popular Indian stories of the great writer Rabindranath Tagore, these short films reveal definitive moments in the lives of three young girls.Based on popular Indian stories of the great writer Rabindranath Tagore, these short films reveal definitive moments in the lives of three young girls.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
1.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Satyajit Ray
  • Writers
    • Satyajit Ray(screenplay)
    • Rabindranath Tagore(stories)
  • Stars
    • Anil Chatterjee
    • Chandana Banerjee
    • Aparna Sen
Top credits
  • Director
    • Satyajit Ray
  • Writers
    • Satyajit Ray(screenplay)
    • Rabindranath Tagore(stories)
  • Stars
    • Anil Chatterjee
    • Chandana Banerjee
    • Aparna Sen
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 8User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins

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    Teen Kanya (1961)
    Teen Kanya (1961)
    Teen Kanya (1961)
    Satyajit Ray in Teen Kanya (1961)

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    Anil Chatterjee
    Anil Chatterjee
    • Nandal (segment "Postmaster")as Nandal (segment "Postmaster")
    Chandana Banerjee
    • Ratan (segment "Postmaster")as Ratan (segment "Postmaster")
    Aparna Sen
    Aparna Sen
    • Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti")as Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti")
    Sita Mukherjee
    • Jogmaya (segment "Samapti")as Jogmaya (segment "Samapti")
    Nripati Chatterjee
    • Bishey (segment "Postmaster")as Bishey (segment "Postmaster")
    • (as Nripati Chattopadhyay)
    Khagen Pathak
    • Khagen (segment "Postmaster")as Khagen (segment "Postmaster")
    Gopal Sen
    • Bilash (segment "Postmaster")as Bilash (segment "Postmaster")
    Krishnakamal Bhattacharya
    • (segment "Postmaster")as (segment "Postmaster")
    Haridhan Nag
    • (segment "Postmaster")as (segment "Postmaster")
    Narayan Ghosh
    • (segment "Postmaster")as (segment "Postmaster")
    Batakrishna Nandan
    • (segment "Postmaster")as (segment "Postmaster")
    Haricharan Nag
    • (segment "Postmaster")as (segment "Postmaster")
    Khana Roy Chowdhury
    • (narrator) (segment "Postmaster")as (narrator) (segment "Postmaster")
    Kali Bannerjee
    Kali Bannerjee
    • Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara")as Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara")
    • (as Kali Bannerji)
    Kanika Majumdar
    • Manimalika (segment "Monihara")as Manimalika (segment "Monihara")
    Kumar Roy
    • Madhusudan (segment "Monihara")as Madhusudan (segment "Monihara")
    Govinda Chakravarti
    • Schoolmaster and narrator (segment "Monihara")as Schoolmaster and narrator (segment "Monihara")
    • (as Gobinda Chakrabarti)
    Soumitra Chatterjee
    Soumitra Chatterjee
    • Amulya (segment "Samapti")as Amulya (segment "Samapti")
    • (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
    • Director
      • Satyajit Ray
    • Writers
      • Satyajit Ray(screenplay)
      • Rabindranath Tagore(stories)
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    Storyline

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    'Teen Kanya' is an anthology film based upon short stories by Rabindranath Tagore, as a tribute on the author's centenary. The title means "Three Daughters", and the film's original Indian release contained three stories, with three central female characters linking the stories together. 'The Postmaster' concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. 'Monihara' is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. 'Samapti' follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family. The international release did not include 'Monihara', and was released as 'Dui Kanya', or "Two Daughters".
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    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Fantasy
      • Horror
    • Certificate
      • Passed
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    • Trivia
      Collection of three short films: "Postmaster", "Monihara" and "Samapti". "Monihara" was dropped for the "Two Daughters" version.
    • Quotes

      Ratan (segment "Postmaster"): I can sing too.

      Nandal (segment "Postmaster"): Is that so?

      Ratan (segment "Postmaster"): I can sing now if you like.

      [singing]

      Ratan (segment "Postmaster"): In the lonely forest, A little girl is crying, Calling for you, Tears drop from her eyes, In the lonely forest, A little girl is crying, Calling for you, Tears drop from her eyes, With a trembling voice, She keeps calling out, With a trembling voice, She keeps calling out, The girl is lost in the forest, And nobody hears her, Nobody answers her

    • Alternate versions
      Original Indian version includes three episodes and runs 171 minutes; the version released in the USA (retitled "The Two Daughters") features only two episodes and is 114 minutes long.
    • Connections
      Features Conversation with James Ivory (2010)

    User reviews8

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    3 daughters
    Like most anthology films this one from Satyajit Ray, which has as its common theme womans' travails in early 20th century India and based on stories by Rabindranath Tagore, has entries of varying quality. The first, dealing with a stray waif who keeps body and soul together by acting as a servant to the postmaster of a poor village and becomes attached to him as a father figure only to be abandoned when the postmaster returns to Calcutta, is affecting mostly due to the wonderful performance given by the child actor; heart tugging without being cloying. Not easy to do, even with an accomplished adult actor, so credit Ray along with the kid. Problem with it is that it's not long enough (certainly not a flaw often seen in this director's work!). Just when you're starting to see a relationship build between the child and the adult the plug is pulled. Consequently, what should be a heart rending denouement is, at best, bittersweet.

    Second entry about an upper middle class woman's marital problems is so dull I wish it were half the length of the first.

    Third entry is the best, by far. A triangle between a too controlling mother, her spoiled son, and the "headstrong, crazy" girl (read a woman with a mind of her own) with whom the son is infatuated, the story is well told by Ray with a beguiling combination of comedy and tragedy. And the ending, where both the son and the girl learn to grow up, in their various ways, if they wish to salvage their marriage, is most satisfying.

    First film: B Second Film: C Third Film: A

    Ergo, let's give it a B.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 5, 1961 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Bengali
    • Also known as
      • Two Daughters
    • Production company
      • Satyajit Ray Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $81,200
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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