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Dec 31, 2017 · When this idea did not materialise for logistical reasons, Ray converted the seed of the idea into another story set in the hill station of Darjeeling, where a large family gathers for a holiday. That film, which went on to become perhaps the most unique film of Ray’s career, was Kanchenjungha.
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Kanchenjungha (Kanchonjônggha) is a 1962 Indian film directed by Satyajit Ray. The film is about an upper class Bengali family on vacation in Darjeeling , a popular hill station and resort, near Kanchenjunga .
Kanchenjungha was Ray’s first original screenplay and for the first time, he was shooting in color. The film shows about 100 minutes (in real time) in the life of a group of rich Bengalis on vacation.Unlike the usual Ray films, it has a fragmented narrative with no central characters, and no straight narrative in the classical sense.
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Based on his first original screenplay, it was also his first colour film. It tells the story of an upper-class family spending an afternoon in Darjeeling, a picturesque hill town in West Bengal. They try to arrange the engagement of their youngest daughter to a highly paid engineer educated in London.
Jan 2, 2024 · Ray’s 1962 film Kanchenjungha stands apart in his entire oeuvre, being his first in colour, and also because the plot and the storyline were Ray’s own. The action unfolds against the backdrop of the titular mighty peak—the second highest in the Himalayas, and the world’s third highest.
Nov 25, 2020 · Kanchenjungha, made in 1962, is thus invested with a distinct, profound — and prescient — environmental consciousness, communicating a vision that echoes the conviction of the soldiers of ecological romanticism, from William Wordsworth, John Ruskin — the man who shaped M.K. Gandhi’s life, philosophy and politics — and Edward Carpenter ...
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Kanchenjungha (1962) : Brief Review - That Ingmar Bergman style filmmaking by Satyajit Ray to unfold the stained relationships and private struggles of humans. Kanchenjungha is one of the least known film of Satyajit Ray and that's unfortunate.
