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Director
  
Ritwik Ghatak

Duration
  

Prequel
  
Meghe Dhaka Tara

Country
  
India

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Musical

Running time
  
2h 14m

Sequel
  
Subarnarekha

Language
  
Bengali

Komal Gandhar movie poster

Release date
  
31 March 1961

Writer
  
Bijon Bhattacharya (lyrics), Sukanta Bhattacharya (lyrics), Salil Choudhury (lyrics), Ritwik Ghatak, Jyotirindra Moitra (lyrics), Rabindranath Tagore (lyrics)

Cast
  
Supriya Choudhury
(Ansuya),
Abanish Banerjee
(Bhrigu),
Anil Chatterjee
(Rishi),
Satindra Bhattacharya
(Shibnath),
Chitra Mandal
(Jaya),
Gita Dey
(Shanta)

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Komal Gandhar (Bengali: কোমল গান্ধার Kōmal Gāndhār), also known as A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale, is a 1961 Bengali film written and directed by noted film maker Ritwik Ghatak. The title refers to the Hindustani equivalent of "E-flat". It was part of the trilogy, Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), Komal Gandhar, and Subarnarekha (1962), all dealing with the aftermath of the Partition of India in 1947 and the refugees coping with it, though this was the most optimistic film of his oeuvre. The film explores three themes juxtaposed in the narrative: the dilemma of Anusuya, the lead character, the divided leadership of IPTA, and the fallout from the partition of India.

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Overview

Komal Gandhar Cinemascope Komal Gandhar EFlat 1961

The title was taken from the line of a poem by Rabindranath Tagore that meant a sur or note, E-flat. As in other films by Ghatak, music plays a pivotal role in the movie.

Komal Gandhar Komal Gandhar 1961 Talking about cinema

Through the microcosmic perspectivising of a group of devoted and uncompromising IPTA workers, Ghatak with his signature style touches on varied issues of partition, idealism, corruption, the interdependence of art and life, the scope of art, and class-struggle. Unlike his other films, this one runs along an upbeat mood with the lead pair of lovers (Vrigu and Anusua) being reunited.

Cast

Komal Gandhar Komal Gandhar Full Movie Supriya

  • Abanish Bannerjee as Bhrigu
  • Bijon Bhattacharya as Gagan
  • Satindra Bhattacharya as Shibnath
  • Debabrata Biswas
  • Chitra Sen as Jaya
  • Anil Chatterjee as Rishi
  • Satyabrata Chattopadhyay
  • Supriya Devi as Anusuya
  • Gita Dey as Shanta

    • Soundtrack

    Komal Gandhar Komal Gandhar YouTube

    Music was by Jyotirindra Moitra, from IPTA, and a noted Rabindra Sangeet exponent who had previously given music in Ghatak's Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), and had song by singers like, Bijon Bhattacharya, Debabrata Biswas, Hemanga Biswas. Bahadur Khan played sarod in the soundtrack. The film is noted for its wedding songs and also contrapuntal use of sound.

    Screening of Komal Gandhar aka E-Flat in different festivals

    Komal Gandhar Komal gandhar by Ritwik Ghatak Watch in cinema online and on DVD

  • 2017: Ritwik Ghatak Retrospective UK, at Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland, UK, Programme curated by Sanghita Sen, Department of Film Studies, St Andrews University, UK [1]

    • References

    Komal Gandhar Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Komal Gandhar IMDb Komal Gandhar themoviedb.org