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DVD Recommendation and Film Review Satyajit Ray’s Teen KanyaAround a hundred films have been made in different languages on Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s literary work. The sad part is that a lot of films are either lost or their prints are in a rundown state; in addition there is low awareness around these cinematic gems amongst the movie-goers today. Thankfully, (National Film Development Corporation) is working towards the restoration of these films. On the occasion of Tagore’s 150 th birth anniversary, NFDC in association with the Government of India has launched a collectors’ edition, DVD box set of films based on his work. The audio-video is digitally restored and the six DVDs are packed in an attractive box set with an informative booklet on Gurudev’s work. Priced at only Rs. 399, it is available at all leading music/video stores and online stores such as (which also has a discount).
Lost at sea in the Battle of Dan-no-ura in the Genpei War. Current government claims possession, but has not permitted outside verification. Crown Jewels of England: Legend 1216 — Baggage train of King John ('John Lackland'), lost in The Wash during the First Barons' War. Llywelyn's coronet: Legend 1303 —. Typical of stories emanating from the Bengali region of India, Rabindranath Tagore's story, 'Monihara' or, as it is translated into English, 'Lost Jewels,' incorporates a healthy dose of mysticism and mystery. On the proverbial dark, stormy night, a school teacher walking along a river encounters a man on a boat.
Teen Kanya - The Postmaster; Reliance Big EntertainmentThe pack contains five movies and two documentaries made by filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Tapan Shah, Hemen Gupta and Kumar Shahani. The films are in Bengali or Hindi and come with English subtitles. I confess that I was equally ignorant of these treasures but now I am a proud owner of this commemorative set; and plan to watch a lot more movies based on Tagore’s stories and the filmmakers featured.The first film I watched from the set is Satyajit Ray’s ‘Teen Kanya’ ( Three Daughters)Released in 1961, this Bengali film has three of Tagore’s stories presented as three different short films in one. Interestingly, Ray made this film as a tribute to mark Tagore’s birth centenary. Monster hunter 3 ultimate weapons tree.
In all three stories, female characters are in focus and the director beautifully portrays their emotions on-screen.The first story, The Post Master, is about a young orphan girl of about 8-10 years, Ratan ( Chandana Banerjee), who works as a maid in the village postmaster’s house. Her new master is a young man from Calcutta, Nandalal ( Anil Chatterjee) who misses the hustle-bustle of city life and his family back home. Unlike her previous masters, Nandalal is kind to Ratan and starts teaching her Bengali so that she can read and write like his own sister in Calcutta. The film has very few dialogues and silence works well for the simple narrative.
The final sequence is heart-breaking and enhances the beauty of this simple story. Teen Kanya - Samapti; Reliance Big EntertainmentMonihara ( The Lost Jewels) is the second story in the film and is a psychological thriller. Manimalika ( Kanika Majumdar) is married to a rich man Phanibhusan ( Kali Banerjee) and stays in a large mansion in a village. Bored at home, her only companions are her pieces of jewelry. She loves her jewels more than anything and her obsession with them becomes visible when her husband faces financial crisis. This part of the film reminded me of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Rebecca with the narrative style and the whole set up, including stuffed birds!Samapti ( The Conclusion), the third piece in the film is a love story.
Mrinmoyee ( Aparna Dasgupta) is a carefree young girl, who as per her mother does nothing what good girls of marriageable age should do. She spends her time playing with kids, chasing squirrels and enjoying the swing next to the river. She catches the attention of Amulya ( Soumitra Chatterjee), a young man who is returning to his village after taking his exams in Calcutta. His mother has already found a suitable match for him but he convinces her to arrange an alliance with Mrinmoyee. The film captures the innocence of a young married couple who are different from each other and one of them does not even understand the meaning of marriage or love. Teen Kanya - Samapti; Reliance Big EntertainmentTeen Kanya presents three different films in one and all are masterpieces in their own genre.
My favourite is The Postmaster followed by Samapti and then Monihara. Other films in the set include Khudito Pashan aka Hungry Stones (1960, Bengali) directed by Tapan Sinha; Kabuliwala (1961, Hindi) directed by Hemen Gupta; Ghare Baire aka Home and the World (1984, Bengali) directed by Satyajit Ray and Char Adhyay aka Four Chapters (1997, Hindi) directed by Kumar Shahani. There are two documentaries in the set also including Natir Puja (1932, Silent) directed by Tagore himself and Rabindranath Tagore (1961, English), a dramatized documentary on Gurudev’s life, directed by Ray again. Click to read more about all these films and get hold of your own set soon.RT @:Friday. Published.RT @: SHE SAID BUBBLE BATH 😭🛁@ Published.@ @ 🖐🏼 Published.@ @ I’m on team hugs too!
Published.@ @ @ Also recommend Dead to Me and Cheer. If you don’t mind subtitles Kingdom (gory thou Published.@ @ @ I’m watching Tiger King - crime and batshit crazy! Money Heist part 4 comes out on PublishedCategories. (12).
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| Teen Kanya | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Satyajit Ray |
| Written by | Satyajit Ray (screenplay) Rabindranath Tagore (stories) |
| Starring | Soumitra Chatterjee [Amulya] Aparna Sen [Samapti] |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures |
Release date | |
Running time | 173 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Teen Kanya is a 1961 IndianBengalianthology film directed by Satyajit Ray, and based upon short stories by Rabindranath Tagore. The title means 'Three Girls', and the film's original Indian release contained three stories. However, the international release of the film contained only two stories, missing the second ('Monihara: The Lost Jewels'). This version was released on VHS in 1997 under the title Two Daughters. However, there are now DVD versions available that contain all three films. The Academy Film Archive preserved the international version of Teen Kanya in 1996.[1]
Cast[edit]
The Postmaster[edit]
- Chandana Banerjee as Ratan
- Nripati Chattopadhyay as Bishey
- Anil Chatterjee as Nandal
- Khagen Pathak as Khagen
- Gopal Roy as Bilash
Monihara (The Lost Jewel)[edit]
- Kali Banerjee as Phanibhushan
- Kanika Majumdar as Manimalika
- Kumar Roy as Madhusudhan
- Gobinda Chakravarti as Schoolmaster and narrator
Samapti (The Conclusion)[edit]
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Amulya
- Aparna Sen as Mrinmoyee
- Sita Mukherjee as Jogmaya
- Gita Dey as Nistarini
- Santosh Dutta as Kishori
- Mihir Chakravarti as Rakhal
- Devi Neogy as Haripada
Plot[edit]
The Postmaster[edit]
The Postmaster Nandalal (Anil Chatterjee), a young man, arrives from Calcutta as the postmaster of a small village. Ratan (Chandana Banerjee), a pre-adolescent orphan girl, is his housekeeper/maid. Though only a child herself, she cooks, cleans and cares for Nandalal.
Nandalal, a city bred young man, is like a fish out of water in the village. He is bored. On an impulse and probably to kill time, he begins teaching her to read and write. She responds eagerly. A tender bond develops. Ratan is devoted and waits on him. For Nandalal, however, she is just a pastime.
When Nandalal contracts malaria, Ratan nurses him back to health. But he has had enough of the rural life and resigns. Ratan is heartbroken. He prepares to leave without realizing how attached to him Ratan has become.
Ratan is hurt when Nandalal offers her some money as a tip for her services. We see her passing by Nandalal carrying a pail of water. She has been crying, but is too proud to accept the tip. A few moments later we hear her voice. She is informing the new postmaster that she has brought water for him.
Nandalal is overwhelmed by emotions as he stares at the money in his hand. Putting the money back in pocket, he walks away.
Monihara (The Lost Jewels)[edit]
Near an abandoned mansion, the village schoolteacher (Gobinda Chakravarti) recounts a story to a hooded man.
It seems that the house was inhabited by a man Phanibhusan (Kali Banerjee) and his wife Manimalika (Kanika Majumdar).
The wife is obsessed with jewels and ornaments. She accumulates jewels by nagging her husband. Though they have been married for a long time, she is very cold to him. The husband keeps buying jewels for her in hope of gaining her love.
She has a phobia that one day he may ask for the jewels back. A fire destroys his business. To confirm her fear, she offers to sell her jewels. But when he shows some interest in the idea, she retreats in panic.
When the husband is away to raise money, she calls her cousin to escort her to her parents' house. The cousin, though, has other plans for the jewels. We see the wife for the last time as they leave the house with all the jewels.
The husband is puzzled at the missing wife and jewels. He is haunted by what seems to be her ghost. After a series of such incidents, he finds himself facing the ghost of his wife, a black silhouetted figure. The black figure claims to be his wife. Afraid, he reaches for a jewel box that he had brought for her on his last trip. The black figure, still wearing gold bangles, charges to grab the jewel box with a horrible laugh.
After listening to the tale, the hooded man says that he has enjoyed the story, but it has many errors. He reveals that he is the husband in the story and disappears.
The Academy Film Archive preserved Monihara in 1998.[2]
Samapti (The Conclusion)[edit]
Amulya (Soumitra Chatterjee) is returning to his village after passing his exams in Calcutta to spend some time with his widowed mother. After getting down from the boat, as he struggles in the muddy path, he senses that someone is following him. Soon he finds out it is a tomboyish teenager Mrinmoyee (Aparna). She bursts into giggles at his plight and runs away.
The mother has arranged for him to marry the daughter of a respectable family. Much against his wishes, he goes to visit the girl in a nearby village, carrying an umbrella and wearing shining shoes. The girl is very conventional and he is forced to admire her needlework, singing, and her other skills.
Suddenly, Mrinmoyee, known as Paglee ('Madcap'), charges in following her pet squirrel. Then he finds his shoes gone. As he sets out to walk back to his village, he finds one of his missing shoes in the mud path. Amulya captures the culprit, Mrinmoyee. It is now her turn to fall in the slushy mud. Amulya is amused and probably also in love.
Against his mother's wishes, he marries Mrinmoyee. On their first night together, she escapes by climbing down a tree and spends the night on her favorite swing on the riverbank. It is a scandal. She is locked in her room and in a childish tantrum, throws things at Amulya. He returns to Calcutta and she is sent back to her mother's house. Once he is gone, she realises how much she really loves him.
His mother makes Amulya come back on the false pretext of her illness. Amulya goes in search of Mrinmoyee in the rain. Unable to find her, he returns, only to find her in his room. He asks her how she managed to sneak in. She replies, 'By climbing the tree, but I'll not do it again'. She is no longer a childish madcap, but a grown woman in love.
Awards[edit]
- National Film Awards
- 1961: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali
- Berlin International Film Festival
- 13th Berlin International Film Festival: Selznick Golden Laurel for Best Film
- Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
- 25th Annual BFJA Awards: Best Director & Best Indian Film of the year.
References[edit]
- ^'Preserved Projects'. Academy Film Archive.
- ^'Preserved Projects'. Academy Film Archive.
External links[edit]
- Teen Kanya on IMDb
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teen_Kanya&oldid=924493683'
DVD Recommendation and Film Review Satyajit Ray’s Teen KanyaAround a hundred films have been made in different languages on Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s literary work. The sad part is that a lot of films are either lost or their prints are in a rundown state; in addition there is low awareness around these cinematic gems amongst the movie-goers today. Thankfully, (National Film Development Corporation) is working towards the restoration of these films. On the occasion of Tagore’s 150 th birth anniversary, NFDC in association with the Government of India has launched a collectors’ edition, DVD box set of films based on his work. The audio-video is digitally restored and the six DVDs are packed in an attractive box set with an informative booklet on Gurudev’s work. Priced at only Rs. 399, it is available at all leading music/video stores and online stores such as (which also has a discount).
Lost at sea in the Battle of Dan-no-ura in the Genpei War. Current government claims possession, but has not permitted outside verification. Crown Jewels of England: Legend 1216 — Baggage train of King John (\'John Lackland\'), lost in The Wash during the First Barons\' War. Llywelyn\'s coronet: Legend 1303 —. Typical of stories emanating from the Bengali region of India, Rabindranath Tagore\'s story, \'Monihara\' or, as it is translated into English, \'Lost Jewels,\' incorporates a healthy dose of mysticism and mystery. On the proverbial dark, stormy night, a school teacher walking along a river encounters a man on a boat.
Teen Kanya - The Postmaster; Reliance Big EntertainmentThe pack contains five movies and two documentaries made by filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Tapan Shah, Hemen Gupta and Kumar Shahani. The films are in Bengali or Hindi and come with English subtitles. I confess that I was equally ignorant of these treasures but now I am a proud owner of this commemorative set; and plan to watch a lot more movies based on Tagore’s stories and the filmmakers featured.The first film I watched from the set is Satyajit Ray’s ‘Teen Kanya’ ( Three Daughters)Released in 1961, this Bengali film has three of Tagore’s stories presented as three different short films in one. Interestingly, Ray made this film as a tribute to mark Tagore’s birth centenary. Monster hunter 3 ultimate weapons tree.
In all three stories, female characters are in focus and the director beautifully portrays their emotions on-screen.The first story, The Post Master, is about a young orphan girl of about 8-10 years, Ratan ( Chandana Banerjee), who works as a maid in the village postmaster’s house. Her new master is a young man from Calcutta, Nandalal ( Anil Chatterjee) who misses the hustle-bustle of city life and his family back home. Unlike her previous masters, Nandalal is kind to Ratan and starts teaching her Bengali so that she can read and write like his own sister in Calcutta. The film has very few dialogues and silence works well for the simple narrative.
The final sequence is heart-breaking and enhances the beauty of this simple story. Teen Kanya - Samapti; Reliance Big EntertainmentMonihara ( The Lost Jewels) is the second story in the film and is a psychological thriller. Manimalika ( Kanika Majumdar) is married to a rich man Phanibhusan ( Kali Banerjee) and stays in a large mansion in a village. Bored at home, her only companions are her pieces of jewelry. She loves her jewels more than anything and her obsession with them becomes visible when her husband faces financial crisis. This part of the film reminded me of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Rebecca with the narrative style and the whole set up, including stuffed birds!Samapti ( The Conclusion), the third piece in the film is a love story.
Mrinmoyee ( Aparna Dasgupta) is a carefree young girl, who as per her mother does nothing what good girls of marriageable age should do. She spends her time playing with kids, chasing squirrels and enjoying the swing next to the river. She catches the attention of Amulya ( Soumitra Chatterjee), a young man who is returning to his village after taking his exams in Calcutta. His mother has already found a suitable match for him but he convinces her to arrange an alliance with Mrinmoyee. The film captures the innocence of a young married couple who are different from each other and one of them does not even understand the meaning of marriage or love. Teen Kanya - Samapti; Reliance Big EntertainmentTeen Kanya presents three different films in one and all are masterpieces in their own genre.
My favourite is The Postmaster followed by Samapti and then Monihara. Other films in the set include Khudito Pashan aka Hungry Stones (1960, Bengali) directed by Tapan Sinha; Kabuliwala (1961, Hindi) directed by Hemen Gupta; Ghare Baire aka Home and the World (1984, Bengali) directed by Satyajit Ray and Char Adhyay aka Four Chapters (1997, Hindi) directed by Kumar Shahani. There are two documentaries in the set also including Natir Puja (1932, Silent) directed by Tagore himself and Rabindranath Tagore (1961, English), a dramatized documentary on Gurudev’s life, directed by Ray again. Click to read more about all these films and get hold of your own set soon.RT @:Friday. Published.RT @: SHE SAID BUBBLE BATH 😭🛁@ Published.@ @ 🖐🏼 Published.@ @ I’m on team hugs too!
Published.@ @ @ Also recommend Dead to Me and Cheer. If you don’t mind subtitles Kingdom (gory thou Published.@ @ @ I’m watching Tiger King - crime and batshit crazy! Money Heist part 4 comes out on PublishedCategories. (12).
(25). (71). (1). (3)Blogroll.Posts. 74,662 hits.
| Teen Kanya | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Satyajit Ray |
| Written by | Satyajit Ray (screenplay) Rabindranath Tagore (stories) |
| Starring | Soumitra Chatterjee [Amulya] Aparna Sen [Samapti] |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures |
Release date | |
Running time | 173 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Teen Kanya is a 1961 IndianBengalianthology film directed by Satyajit Ray, and based upon short stories by Rabindranath Tagore. The title means \'Three Girls\', and the film\'s original Indian release contained three stories. However, the international release of the film contained only two stories, missing the second (\'Monihara: The Lost Jewels\'). This version was released on VHS in 1997 under the title Two Daughters. However, there are now DVD versions available that contain all three films. The Academy Film Archive preserved the international version of Teen Kanya in 1996.[1]
Cast[edit]
The Postmaster[edit]
- Chandana Banerjee as Ratan
- Nripati Chattopadhyay as Bishey
- Anil Chatterjee as Nandal
- Khagen Pathak as Khagen
- Gopal Roy as Bilash
Monihara (The Lost Jewel)[edit]
- Kali Banerjee as Phanibhushan
- Kanika Majumdar as Manimalika
- Kumar Roy as Madhusudhan
- Gobinda Chakravarti as Schoolmaster and narrator
Samapti (The Conclusion)[edit]
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Amulya
- Aparna Sen as Mrinmoyee
- Sita Mukherjee as Jogmaya
- Gita Dey as Nistarini
- Santosh Dutta as Kishori
- Mihir Chakravarti as Rakhal
- Devi Neogy as Haripada
Plot[edit]
The Postmaster[edit]
The Postmaster Nandalal (Anil Chatterjee), a young man, arrives from Calcutta as the postmaster of a small village. Ratan (Chandana Banerjee), a pre-adolescent orphan girl, is his housekeeper/maid. Though only a child herself, she cooks, cleans and cares for Nandalal.
Nandalal, a city bred young man, is like a fish out of water in the village. He is bored. On an impulse and probably to kill time, he begins teaching her to read and write. She responds eagerly. A tender bond develops. Ratan is devoted and waits on him. For Nandalal, however, she is just a pastime.
When Nandalal contracts malaria, Ratan nurses him back to health. But he has had enough of the rural life and resigns. Ratan is heartbroken. He prepares to leave without realizing how attached to him Ratan has become.
Ratan is hurt when Nandalal offers her some money as a tip for her services. We see her passing by Nandalal carrying a pail of water. She has been crying, but is too proud to accept the tip. A few moments later we hear her voice. She is informing the new postmaster that she has brought water for him.
Nandalal is overwhelmed by emotions as he stares at the money in his hand. Putting the money back in pocket, he walks away.
Monihara (The Lost Jewels)[edit]
Near an abandoned mansion, the village schoolteacher (Gobinda Chakravarti) recounts a story to a hooded man.
It seems that the house was inhabited by a man Phanibhusan (Kali Banerjee) and his wife Manimalika (Kanika Majumdar).
The wife is obsessed with jewels and ornaments. She accumulates jewels by nagging her husband. Though they have been married for a long time, she is very cold to him. The husband keeps buying jewels for her in hope of gaining her love.
She has a phobia that one day he may ask for the jewels back. A fire destroys his business. To confirm her fear, she offers to sell her jewels. But when he shows some interest in the idea, she retreats in panic.
When the husband is away to raise money, she calls her cousin to escort her to her parents\' house. The cousin, though, has other plans for the jewels. We see the wife for the last time as they leave the house with all the jewels.
The husband is puzzled at the missing wife and jewels. He is haunted by what seems to be her ghost. After a series of such incidents, he finds himself facing the ghost of his wife, a black silhouetted figure. The black figure claims to be his wife. Afraid, he reaches for a jewel box that he had brought for her on his last trip. The black figure, still wearing gold bangles, charges to grab the jewel box with a horrible laugh.
After listening to the tale, the hooded man says that he has enjoyed the story, but it has many errors. He reveals that he is the husband in the story and disappears.
The Academy Film Archive preserved Monihara in 1998.[2]
Samapti (The Conclusion)[edit]
Amulya (Soumitra Chatterjee) is returning to his village after passing his exams in Calcutta to spend some time with his widowed mother. After getting down from the boat, as he struggles in the muddy path, he senses that someone is following him. Soon he finds out it is a tomboyish teenager Mrinmoyee (Aparna). She bursts into giggles at his plight and runs away.
The mother has arranged for him to marry the daughter of a respectable family. Much against his wishes, he goes to visit the girl in a nearby village, carrying an umbrella and wearing shining shoes. The girl is very conventional and he is forced to admire her needlework, singing, and her other skills.
Suddenly, Mrinmoyee, known as Paglee (\'Madcap\'), charges in following her pet squirrel. Then he finds his shoes gone. As he sets out to walk back to his village, he finds one of his missing shoes in the mud path. Amulya captures the culprit, Mrinmoyee. It is now her turn to fall in the slushy mud. Amulya is amused and probably also in love.
Against his mother\'s wishes, he marries Mrinmoyee. On their first night together, she escapes by climbing down a tree and spends the night on her favorite swing on the riverbank. It is a scandal. She is locked in her room and in a childish tantrum, throws things at Amulya. He returns to Calcutta and she is sent back to her mother\'s house. Once he is gone, she realises how much she really loves him.
His mother makes Amulya come back on the false pretext of her illness. Amulya goes in search of Mrinmoyee in the rain. Unable to find her, he returns, only to find her in his room. He asks her how she managed to sneak in. She replies, \'By climbing the tree, but I\'ll not do it again\'. She is no longer a childish madcap, but a grown woman in love.
Awards[edit]
- National Film Awards
- 1961: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali
- Berlin International Film Festival
- 13th Berlin International Film Festival: Selznick Golden Laurel for Best Film
- Bengal Film Journalists\' Association Awards
- 25th Annual BFJA Awards: Best Director & Best Indian Film of the year.
References[edit]
- ^\'Preserved Projects\'. Academy Film Archive.
- ^\'Preserved Projects\'. Academy Film Archive.
External links[edit]
- Teen Kanya on IMDb
Retrieved from \'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teen_Kanya&oldid=924493683\'
...'>Lost Jewels Summary(25.03.2020)DVD Recommendation and Film Review Satyajit Ray’s Teen KanyaAround a hundred films have been made in different languages on Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s literary work. The sad part is that a lot of films are either lost or their prints are in a rundown state; in addition there is low awareness around these cinematic gems amongst the movie-goers today. Thankfully, (National Film Development Corporation) is working towards the restoration of these films. On the occasion of Tagore’s 150 th birth anniversary, NFDC in association with the Government of India has launched a collectors’ edition, DVD box set of films based on his work. The audio-video is digitally restored and the six DVDs are packed in an attractive box set with an informative booklet on Gurudev’s work. Priced at only Rs. 399, it is available at all leading music/video stores and online stores such as (which also has a discount).
Lost at sea in the Battle of Dan-no-ura in the Genpei War. Current government claims possession, but has not permitted outside verification. Crown Jewels of England: Legend 1216 — Baggage train of King John (\'John Lackland\'), lost in The Wash during the First Barons\' War. Llywelyn\'s coronet: Legend 1303 —. Typical of stories emanating from the Bengali region of India, Rabindranath Tagore\'s story, \'Monihara\' or, as it is translated into English, \'Lost Jewels,\' incorporates a healthy dose of mysticism and mystery. On the proverbial dark, stormy night, a school teacher walking along a river encounters a man on a boat.
Teen Kanya - The Postmaster; Reliance Big EntertainmentThe pack contains five movies and two documentaries made by filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Tapan Shah, Hemen Gupta and Kumar Shahani. The films are in Bengali or Hindi and come with English subtitles. I confess that I was equally ignorant of these treasures but now I am a proud owner of this commemorative set; and plan to watch a lot more movies based on Tagore’s stories and the filmmakers featured.The first film I watched from the set is Satyajit Ray’s ‘Teen Kanya’ ( Three Daughters)Released in 1961, this Bengali film has three of Tagore’s stories presented as three different short films in one. Interestingly, Ray made this film as a tribute to mark Tagore’s birth centenary. Monster hunter 3 ultimate weapons tree.
In all three stories, female characters are in focus and the director beautifully portrays their emotions on-screen.The first story, The Post Master, is about a young orphan girl of about 8-10 years, Ratan ( Chandana Banerjee), who works as a maid in the village postmaster’s house. Her new master is a young man from Calcutta, Nandalal ( Anil Chatterjee) who misses the hustle-bustle of city life and his family back home. Unlike her previous masters, Nandalal is kind to Ratan and starts teaching her Bengali so that she can read and write like his own sister in Calcutta. The film has very few dialogues and silence works well for the simple narrative.
The final sequence is heart-breaking and enhances the beauty of this simple story. Teen Kanya - Samapti; Reliance Big EntertainmentMonihara ( The Lost Jewels) is the second story in the film and is a psychological thriller. Manimalika ( Kanika Majumdar) is married to a rich man Phanibhusan ( Kali Banerjee) and stays in a large mansion in a village. Bored at home, her only companions are her pieces of jewelry. She loves her jewels more than anything and her obsession with them becomes visible when her husband faces financial crisis. This part of the film reminded me of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Rebecca with the narrative style and the whole set up, including stuffed birds!Samapti ( The Conclusion), the third piece in the film is a love story.
Mrinmoyee ( Aparna Dasgupta) is a carefree young girl, who as per her mother does nothing what good girls of marriageable age should do. She spends her time playing with kids, chasing squirrels and enjoying the swing next to the river. She catches the attention of Amulya ( Soumitra Chatterjee), a young man who is returning to his village after taking his exams in Calcutta. His mother has already found a suitable match for him but he convinces her to arrange an alliance with Mrinmoyee. The film captures the innocence of a young married couple who are different from each other and one of them does not even understand the meaning of marriage or love. Teen Kanya - Samapti; Reliance Big EntertainmentTeen Kanya presents three different films in one and all are masterpieces in their own genre.
My favourite is The Postmaster followed by Samapti and then Monihara. Other films in the set include Khudito Pashan aka Hungry Stones (1960, Bengali) directed by Tapan Sinha; Kabuliwala (1961, Hindi) directed by Hemen Gupta; Ghare Baire aka Home and the World (1984, Bengali) directed by Satyajit Ray and Char Adhyay aka Four Chapters (1997, Hindi) directed by Kumar Shahani. There are two documentaries in the set also including Natir Puja (1932, Silent) directed by Tagore himself and Rabindranath Tagore (1961, English), a dramatized documentary on Gurudev’s life, directed by Ray again. Click to read more about all these films and get hold of your own set soon.RT @:Friday. Published.RT @: SHE SAID BUBBLE BATH 😭🛁@ Published.@ @ 🖐🏼 Published.@ @ I’m on team hugs too!
Published.@ @ @ Also recommend Dead to Me and Cheer. If you don’t mind subtitles Kingdom (gory thou Published.@ @ @ I’m watching Tiger King - crime and batshit crazy! Money Heist part 4 comes out on PublishedCategories. (12).
(25). (71). (1). (3)Blogroll.Posts. 74,662 hits.
| Teen Kanya | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Satyajit Ray |
| Written by | Satyajit Ray (screenplay) Rabindranath Tagore (stories) |
| Starring | Soumitra Chatterjee [Amulya] Aparna Sen [Samapti] |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures |
Release date | |
Running time | 173 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Teen Kanya is a 1961 IndianBengalianthology film directed by Satyajit Ray, and based upon short stories by Rabindranath Tagore. The title means \'Three Girls\', and the film\'s original Indian release contained three stories. However, the international release of the film contained only two stories, missing the second (\'Monihara: The Lost Jewels\'). This version was released on VHS in 1997 under the title Two Daughters. However, there are now DVD versions available that contain all three films. The Academy Film Archive preserved the international version of Teen Kanya in 1996.[1]
Cast[edit]
The Postmaster[edit]
- Chandana Banerjee as Ratan
- Nripati Chattopadhyay as Bishey
- Anil Chatterjee as Nandal
- Khagen Pathak as Khagen
- Gopal Roy as Bilash
Monihara (The Lost Jewel)[edit]
- Kali Banerjee as Phanibhushan
- Kanika Majumdar as Manimalika
- Kumar Roy as Madhusudhan
- Gobinda Chakravarti as Schoolmaster and narrator
Samapti (The Conclusion)[edit]
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Amulya
- Aparna Sen as Mrinmoyee
- Sita Mukherjee as Jogmaya
- Gita Dey as Nistarini
- Santosh Dutta as Kishori
- Mihir Chakravarti as Rakhal
- Devi Neogy as Haripada
Plot[edit]
The Postmaster[edit]
The Postmaster Nandalal (Anil Chatterjee), a young man, arrives from Calcutta as the postmaster of a small village. Ratan (Chandana Banerjee), a pre-adolescent orphan girl, is his housekeeper/maid. Though only a child herself, she cooks, cleans and cares for Nandalal.
Nandalal, a city bred young man, is like a fish out of water in the village. He is bored. On an impulse and probably to kill time, he begins teaching her to read and write. She responds eagerly. A tender bond develops. Ratan is devoted and waits on him. For Nandalal, however, she is just a pastime.
When Nandalal contracts malaria, Ratan nurses him back to health. But he has had enough of the rural life and resigns. Ratan is heartbroken. He prepares to leave without realizing how attached to him Ratan has become.
Ratan is hurt when Nandalal offers her some money as a tip for her services. We see her passing by Nandalal carrying a pail of water. She has been crying, but is too proud to accept the tip. A few moments later we hear her voice. She is informing the new postmaster that she has brought water for him.
Nandalal is overwhelmed by emotions as he stares at the money in his hand. Putting the money back in pocket, he walks away.
Monihara (The Lost Jewels)[edit]
Near an abandoned mansion, the village schoolteacher (Gobinda Chakravarti) recounts a story to a hooded man.
It seems that the house was inhabited by a man Phanibhusan (Kali Banerjee) and his wife Manimalika (Kanika Majumdar).
The wife is obsessed with jewels and ornaments. She accumulates jewels by nagging her husband. Though they have been married for a long time, she is very cold to him. The husband keeps buying jewels for her in hope of gaining her love.
She has a phobia that one day he may ask for the jewels back. A fire destroys his business. To confirm her fear, she offers to sell her jewels. But when he shows some interest in the idea, she retreats in panic.
When the husband is away to raise money, she calls her cousin to escort her to her parents\' house. The cousin, though, has other plans for the jewels. We see the wife for the last time as they leave the house with all the jewels.
The husband is puzzled at the missing wife and jewels. He is haunted by what seems to be her ghost. After a series of such incidents, he finds himself facing the ghost of his wife, a black silhouetted figure. The black figure claims to be his wife. Afraid, he reaches for a jewel box that he had brought for her on his last trip. The black figure, still wearing gold bangles, charges to grab the jewel box with a horrible laugh.
After listening to the tale, the hooded man says that he has enjoyed the story, but it has many errors. He reveals that he is the husband in the story and disappears.
The Academy Film Archive preserved Monihara in 1998.[2]
Samapti (The Conclusion)[edit]
Amulya (Soumitra Chatterjee) is returning to his village after passing his exams in Calcutta to spend some time with his widowed mother. After getting down from the boat, as he struggles in the muddy path, he senses that someone is following him. Soon he finds out it is a tomboyish teenager Mrinmoyee (Aparna). She bursts into giggles at his plight and runs away.
The mother has arranged for him to marry the daughter of a respectable family. Much against his wishes, he goes to visit the girl in a nearby village, carrying an umbrella and wearing shining shoes. The girl is very conventional and he is forced to admire her needlework, singing, and her other skills.
Suddenly, Mrinmoyee, known as Paglee (\'Madcap\'), charges in following her pet squirrel. Then he finds his shoes gone. As he sets out to walk back to his village, he finds one of his missing shoes in the mud path. Amulya captures the culprit, Mrinmoyee. It is now her turn to fall in the slushy mud. Amulya is amused and probably also in love.
Against his mother\'s wishes, he marries Mrinmoyee. On their first night together, she escapes by climbing down a tree and spends the night on her favorite swing on the riverbank. It is a scandal. She is locked in her room and in a childish tantrum, throws things at Amulya. He returns to Calcutta and she is sent back to her mother\'s house. Once he is gone, she realises how much she really loves him.
His mother makes Amulya come back on the false pretext of her illness. Amulya goes in search of Mrinmoyee in the rain. Unable to find her, he returns, only to find her in his room. He asks her how she managed to sneak in. She replies, \'By climbing the tree, but I\'ll not do it again\'. She is no longer a childish madcap, but a grown woman in love.
Awards[edit]
- National Film Awards
- 1961: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali
- Berlin International Film Festival
- 13th Berlin International Film Festival: Selznick Golden Laurel for Best Film
- Bengal Film Journalists\' Association Awards
- 25th Annual BFJA Awards: Best Director & Best Indian Film of the year.
References[edit]
- ^\'Preserved Projects\'. Academy Film Archive.
- ^\'Preserved Projects\'. Academy Film Archive.
External links[edit]
- Teen Kanya on IMDb
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