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Nayak (The Hero)
Thu, Dec 23 | 7:30pm | TMT
The rare Satyajit Ray film to focus on the film industry, and only his second original screen- play to this point, Nayak follows matinee idol Arindam Mukherjee (Indian cinema icon Uttam Kumar) as he’s forced to take a lengthy train trip to accept an award in Delhi. Encounter- ing a journalist (Ray regular Sharmila Tagore) interested in profiling him, he unravels his life’s stories, told as vivid flashbacks and eerie dreams.
DIRECTOR: Satyajit Ray.
CAST: Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen, Somen Bose. 1966. 117 min. India. B&W. Bengali. 35mm. Restored by the Satyajit Ray Preservation Project at the Academy Film Archive with fund- ing from the Film Foundation. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha)
Wed, Dec 29 | 7:30pm | TMT
Ray interweaves folklore, dance, and eccentric costuming in this musical fairy tale. Goopy and Bagha join forces after both are banished from their respective kingdoms for their lack of musical talents. But an encounter with a band of forest ghosts grants them the power of song, and soon the duo embarks on a series of adventures involving warring kingdoms, twin kings, evil magicians, and a singing contest.
DIRECTOR: Satyajit Ray.
CAST: Tapen Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Santosh Dutta, Harindranath Chatterjee. 1968. 132 min. India. B&W and Color. Bengali. 35mm. Restored by the Satyajit Ray Preservation Project at the Academy Film Archive.
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