Charulata (1964) - Movie Review | Madhabi Mukherjee | Satyajit Ray Masterpiece 

We will always come back to the great films by Satyajit Ray :)

Do review some new Bengali movies also.

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Thank you for adding that little angle :)

Was Tagore critical of Bankimchandra's style? Tagore's own style was less ornate or Sanscritised? No. Tagore never criticised Bankimchandra's style! We should count the percentage of Sanskrit derived/tatsam words used by Tagore before declaring him un-Sanscritizing writer!

That's awesome to hear :)

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Thank you so much :D That's super nice to hear.

Thank you :) I didn't know about the series. Maybe I will check out at least the Charulata / The Broken Nest episodes.

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It was our pleasure :)

Since 2021 marks Satyajit Ray's 100th birthday, we plan to review a lot of his movies :)

Yeah. You told that before. Eagerly waiting for that...

Thank you so much :) I actually just watched Nagarkirtan and I will review it in the near future.

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@@TheJimmyCage oh wow! Another good news... I'll be waiting for your review of *"Nagarkirtan"* You've made my day 😊 Btw there are a lot of cultural and mythological references in *"Nagarkirtan"* I'm certain about the fact that you'll understand the human emotions and aspects shown in *"Nagarkirtan"* but it's not possible for any foreigner to decipher all the details, subtle, layered references that were there in this film. Also before you review it please do a little bit of research about *"Lord Krishna"* , *"Radha"* and *Lord Krishna's* reincarnated form *"Shree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu"* who was born in *'Nabadwip'* village, *'Nadia'* district of the Indian state of *'West Bengal'* and look up in the internet about the local form of folk song of Bengal named *"Kirtan"* which is still very much a part of rural Bengal. The story of this film is also based on that same place named *"Nabadwip"* because the director tried to depict that *"Shree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu"* is residing inside our main protagonist the young transgender woman because just like him *"Shree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu"* also had the soul of a woman trapped inside a man's body. Even in the last scene where you saw the protagonist hanging himself/herself inside that room and the camera focused only on his/her hanging legs, the colour of the feet and legs were blue because the colour of *"Lord Krishna"* is sky blue. So there are many minute details like these in the film which made it a masterpiece and grabbed the *"National Award"* in 4 different categories. I hope this was helpful. Please do a little more research on these topics.

Thank you so much :) 2021 will mark the 100th birthday of Satyajit Ray and we plan to review a lot of his movies. Unfortunately though we very likely won't review Devi and Three Daughters. Both are only available in absolutely terrible quality :/ Even on the Criterion Channel. :/ I only found the second story of Three Daugthers in good enough quality on RU-vid... Hopefully there will be new digital versions sometime in the future, because I think the prints have been preserved.

@@TheJimmyCage Thanks for replying! It's great news and I will be looking forward to your reviews. I really hope you will find Devi and Three Daughters in good prints....the first story of the Three Daughters is one of his best works, IMO.

Perfect timing :)

I would love to review more classics in the future and I'm sure from time to time I can squeeze one in but the focus will remain on Indian Cinema and international new releases. I simply don't have enough time and the audience isn't big enough to review all the classics in-depth.

@@TheJimmyCage Sad but true that audience is less interested to hear about classical films. I am currently watching Bergman Films...and man!! i am in a different world altogether. Most of his films are conversation with himself , i think. A true artist in the purest sense of the term.

Bergman is super fantastic. I bought the giant Bergman collection that was published by Criterion two years ago or so. It includes almost all of his movies. So far I only watched some of them... and I always want to go back to the rest but it's quite difficult to make the time besides watching all the movies for the channel. ':D

It's extremely rare that I give 10/10... especially if I have only seen a movie once... and most Indian movies I only have seen once, because there are constantly more movies to watch and review. ':D Deniz gave Apur Sansar 10/10. I can imagine to bump up my 9 for The Big City to a 10.

@@TheJimmyCage Your rating of The Great City will surprise many! It's generally thought of as Ray's second class! Basically the poetic ones are rated much higher than the realistic ones! But to each one his own!

It was our pleasure :)

Well put :)

I have seen only part of his filmography so far but I would rank him very high and he's definitely in my top 10 favorite directors.

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I would love to watch this on the big screen someday :)

Thank you so much for your kind words :)

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Thank you!

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Thank you for the insight :)

Bimala represented Tagore's conscience? 😃😃😃😃😃

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Thank you so much :) It's our pleasure.

This is not a pirate site?

The only problem... I have the worst beard growth in the world. So there's really no chance I could pull it off. ':D

@@TheJimmyCage haha dont worry dear Jimmy.. I'm one of the 0.001% of indians who cant grow a full beard either..so its relatable 😆

Next year we will review a lot of Satyajit Ray's films because 2021 marks his 100th birthday :)

@@TheJimmyCage Wow! Even I was unaware of that. Thanks for keeping him alive internationally through tour brilliant reviews

Thanks!

Thank you :)

We will next year. :) Since 2021 marks his 100th birthday, we plan to review several of his films.

@@TheJimmyCage yeah tysm! You will love with the main actor Uttam Kumar and his charm. That's why after almost 50 years of his death he's still on the top, the top, the top!!! ❤️✨

Thank you :)