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By end of the day Bijoy Chatterjee and friends had persuaded Ray to direct the complete film. “They lost their nerve,” Ray said. Ray, who is usually associated with gentle and contemplative films, added a fight scene to Abhijan. He later admitted the fight should have been better staged.
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The film gives the famous Ray flavour in its composition, flow and dialogues, and use of symbols. The protagonist Narasingh (played by Soumitra Chatterjee) was a direct influence for the character of the cynical cab driver Travis Bickle (played by Robert De Niro) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976). [3]
To add to his woes, an impulsive bout of rash driving has left him in the bad books of the district’s traffic inspector, who has not only cancelled his licence, but thrown him out of his office as well, after insulting him.
Sep 10, 2012 · Producer Bijoy Chatterjee planned to direct his friend Ray's adaptation of a novel by Tarashankar Banerjee himself, but got cold feet when shooting began, and left it to Ray.
A great film! Ray was a really brilliant director. And just like someone said, Scorsese is a big fan of Ray. Another interesting fact that is worth to mention when we talk about this movie, is that the protagonist of Ajantrik (1958) by Ritwik Ghatak also served as a kind of influence to the protagonist of Ray's film.
Nov 13, 2018 · The gorgeous heroine of the bygone era added Satyajit Ray and Soumitra Chatterjee made things very comfortable for her during the shoot, especially when the outdoors at Suri and Dubrajpur were ...
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Abhijan (The Expedition) Ray’s biggest hit in his native Bengal tells the story of Narsingh. When his taxi permit is revoked due to aggressive driving, Narsingh finds himself stranded in a small town with his 1930s Chrysler and slowly descends into a life of illicit trafficking.
