Devi (1960 film)
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Release date 19 February 1960 (1960-02-19) Writer Prabhat Kumar Mukherjee (story), Satyajit Ray (screenplay) Cast (Doyamoyee), (Umaprasad), Chhabi Biswas (Kalikinkar Roy), Karuna Bannerjee (Harasundari), Purnendu Mukherjee (Taraprasad)Similar movies Related Satyajit Ray movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
devi the goddess 1960
Devi (Bengali:দেবী; English:The Goddess) is a 1960 Bengali drama film by director Satyajit Ray, starring Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore. It is based on a short story by Provatkumar Mukhopadhyay. The title means "Goddess".
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Plot synopsis
In 19th century rural Bengal, Dayamoyee (Sharmila Tagore) and her husband Umaprasad (Soumitra Chatterjee) live with Umaprasad's family. His father, Kalikinkar Choudhuri, is a devoted follower of the goddess Kali. Since Umaprasad is away at school, Dayamoyee takes care of her father-in-law.
One evening, Kalikinkar has a dream that Dayamoyee is an avatar of Kali and must be worshipped as such. Soon other people also come to believe that she is an incarnation of the goddess. After hearing the news, Umaprasad returns home but is unable to remedy the situation as Dayamoyee herself begins to believe that she is an avatar, a belief which soon turns to tragedy.
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The Academy Film Archive preserved Devi in 1996.
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