DVD
The cloud-capped star = Meghe dhaka tara
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
DVD special edition.
Languages
In Bengali, with English subtitles.
Performers
Supriya Choudhury, Anil Chatterjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gita Dey.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (127 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Directed by the visionary Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, The Cloud-Capped Star tells the story of a family who have been uprooted by the Partition of India and come to depend on their eldest daughter, the self-sacrificing Neeta. She watches helplessly as her own hopes and desires are pushed aside time and again by those of her siblings and parents, until all her chances for happiness evaporate, leaving her crushed and ailing.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration, undertaken in partnership with the Film Foundation's World Cinema Project and the Cineteca di Bologna ; new conversation between filmmakers Saeed Akhtar Mirza and Kumar Shahani ; stills gallery featuring rare photographs related to director Ritwik Ghatak's life and work, curated by writer and photographer Nabarupa Bhattacharjee ; new English subtitle translation.