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Distant Thunder (Bengali: অশনি সংকেত; translit. Ashani Sanket) is a 1973 Bengali film by the Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. Unlike most of Ray's earlier films, Distant Thunder was filmed in colour.
Oct 26, 1975 · Distant Thunder: Directed by Satyajit Ray. With Soumitra Chatterjee, Bobita, Sandhya Roy, Chitra Banerjee. 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.
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- Satyajit Ray
- 1975-10-26
Satyajit Ray's second color film in his career portrays the harrowing story about the 'man-made' 1940s Bengal Famine, where Gangacharan's sense of his social status and education breaks down in harsh conditions.
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Page 1 of 5, 9 total items. Famine and war threaten to tear apart a Bengal village during the '40s -- as well as the marriage of Gangacharan (Soumitra Chatterjee), who has assumed the role of ...
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- Soumitra Chatterjee
- Satyajit Ray
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Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way.
Distant Thunder is a 1973 Bengali film by the renowned Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. Unlike most of Ray's earlier films, Distant Thunder was filmed in colour.
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