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Director
  
Satyajit Ray

Release date
  
February 19, 1960 (India)

Screenplay
  
Satyajit Ray

Country
  
India

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Genre
  
Drama

Music director
  
Ali Akbar Khan

Duration
  

Language
  
Bengali

Devi (1960 film) movie poster

Release date
  
19 February 1960 (1960-02-19)

Writer
  
Prabhat Kumar Mukherjee (story), Satyajit Ray (screenplay)

Cast
  
Sharmila Tagore
(Doyamoyee),
Soumitra Chatterjee
(Umaprasad),
Chhabi Biswas
(Kalikinkar Roy),
Karuna Bannerjee
(Harasundari),
Purnendu Mukherjee
(Taraprasad)

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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

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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.

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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.

Cast

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  • Chhabi Biswas - Kalikinkar Choudhuri
  • Soumitra Chatterjee - Umaprasad
  • Sharmila Tagore - Dayamoyee
  • Purnendu Mukherjee - Taraprasad
  • Karuna Banerjee - Harasundari
  • Arpan Chowdhury - Khoka, child
  • Anil Chatterjee - Bhudeb
  • Kali Sarkar - Professor Sarkar
  • Mohammed Israil - Nibaran
  • Khagesh Chakravarti - Kaviraj
  • Nagendranath Kabyabyakarantirtha - Priest
  • Santa Devi - Sarala

    • Preservation

    Devi (1960 film) Jabberwock Goddess prisoner on Satyajit Rays Devi

    The Academy Film Archive preserved Devi in 1996.

    Awards

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    National Film Awards
  • 1960: President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Bengali
    • Cannes Film Festival
  • 1962: Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) - Nominated

    • Other credits

  • Art direction: Bansi Chandragupta
  • Sound designer: Durgadas Mitra

    • References

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