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Distant Thunder

Original title: Ashani Sanket
  • 19731973
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 41m
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8.0/10
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Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, and Bobita in Distant Thunder (1973)
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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 communi... Read allAs 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.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.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
1.5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
58,368
5,529
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    • Director
      • Satyajit Ray
    • Writers
      • Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay(novel)
      • Satyajit Ray(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Soumitra Chatterjee
      • Bobita
      • Sandhya Roy
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Satyajit Ray
    • Writers
      • Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay(novel)
      • Satyajit Ray(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Soumitra Chatterjee
      • Bobita
      • Sandhya Roy
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    • 11User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations

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    Soumitra Chatterjee in Distant Thunder (1973)
    Distant Thunder (1973)
    Soumitra Chatterjee in Distant Thunder (1973)
    Soumitra Chatterjee and Bobita in Distant Thunder (1973)
    Soumitra Chatterjee in Distant Thunder (1973)
    Sandhya Roy in Distant Thunder (1973)
    Noni Ganguly and Sandhya Roy in Distant Thunder (1973)
    Sandhya Roy in Distant Thunder (1973)
    Noni Ganguly and Sandhya Roy in Distant Thunder (1973)
    Noni Ganguly in Distant Thunder (1973)
    Bobita in Distant Thunder (1973)
    Bobita in Distant Thunder (1973)

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    Soumitra Chatterjee
    Soumitra Chatterjee
    • Gangacharan Chakravarti
    • (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
    Bobita
    Bobita
    • Ananga, Gangacharan's wife
    Sandhya Roy
    Sandhya Roy
    • Chutki
    Chitra Banerjee
    • Moti
    Paritosh Banerjee
    Sachin Chakraborty
    Govinda Chakravarti
    • Dinabandhu
    Shrikumar Dutta
    Subal Dutta
    Tapan Dutta
    Anil Ganguly
    Anil Ganguly
    • Nibaran
    Noni Ganguly
    • 'Scarface' Jadu
    Debatosh Ghosh
    • Adhar
    Gobardhan Ghosh
    Dalim Guha
    Manojit Lahiri
    Rajkumar Lahiri
    Santosh Kumar Mitra
      • Director
        • Satyajit Ray
      • Writers
        • Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay(novel)
        • Satyajit Ray(screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        Satyajit ray won golden bear at berlin film festival for this movie. This was first and last time for an indian to do so.

      User reviews11

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      8/10
      "beautiful Bobita"
      My favourite thing of this movie of was beautiful Bobita. Soumitra Chatterjee, who appeared in half of Ray's films, did awesome job here. If I am not wrong, this is the first proper colour film made by Ray. The topic here is a little bit sensitive, so fanatics might be angry if I share my honest opinion. Even though this has a unique narrative than others, and it carries the most universal themes of all his movies, I always thought the subject was kind of opportunistic. This decision of mine might be influenced by the best of Mrinal Sen, 'Akaler Sandhane', which itself is based on making a "famine film". Actually, just hit my mind, these two movies can be watched back to back for a reason.
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      • Release date
        • October 26, 1975 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • India
      • Official site
        • YOUTUBE (India)
      • Language
        • Bengali
      • Also known as
        • Ferner Donner
      • Production companies
        • Angel Digital.
        • Balaka Movies
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 41 minutes
      • Sound mix
        • Mono

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