Shyamalendu (Barun Chanda) is a successful executive at a fan company where he is expecting a promotion shortly. His life revolves around his work and socialising with colleagues along with his wife Dolan (Paromita Chaudhuri). His sister-in-law Tutul (Sharmila Tagore) comes to stay with them for a few days. She is given a tour of the life they lead - in restaurants beauty parlours clubs and race courses. But then crisis strikes in the form of agitation at the factory just before the shipment of a prestigious export order and Shyamalendu is held to blame. With the help of a shady labour officer Shyamalendu averts the crisis by declaring a lock-out at the factory after staging a false riot. For his 'efficient' handling of the crisis Shyamalendu is promoted and there is congratulations all around - except from Tutul who has understood the vacuousness of Shyamalendu's world and has hated it. Shyamalendu is left successful and desolate - at the top.
Satyajit Ray's artistic legacy is one of the most formidable in all of film history. Exceptionally versatile his films covered almost every conceivable genre winning him nearly every major cinema award including an Oscar for lifetime achievement. Titles Comprise: Kapurush (a.k.a The Coward) (1965): Stranded in a small town screenwriter Amitabha Roy is astonished to encounter a former lover who is now married to the owner of a tea plantation. Recalling his inability to commit to her and the relationship's resultant breakdown Roy decides to make amends for the past. Mahapurush (a.k.a The Holy Man) (1965): Ray's rarely-seen gem is a comedy-drama in which a gullible and religiously devout retiree is completely taken in by a bogus holy man and enlists the charlatan's help in finding his daughter a husband. But she is being courted by a young man who determines to expose the fraudster. Joi Baba Felunath (1978): Set in the holy city of Benares where Ray had shot Aparajito over 20 years previously this adventure story adapted from Ray's own novel stars Soumitra Chatterjee as a detective investigating the theft of a priceless gold icon.
On his way to Hanshimara to collect material for a film story Amitabha Roy's taxi has a breakdown and he is offered hospitality for the night by Bimal Gupta a local tree planter. Bimal's wife Karuna turns out to be Amitabha's one time love. In the course of the evening Amitabha realizes that Bimal and Karuna's marriage cannot be a happy one. Amitabha even wants to take Karuna away and atone for his past betrayal. But Karuna refuses. Next morning they plan to go out on a picnic but Bimal falls asleep and the plan gets bungled. Amitabha scrawls a hasty note to Karuna that he will wait for her in the station. Amitabha waits till the last minute only to see Karuna come to the station asking for her phial of sleeping tablets.
Joi Baba Felunathinvolves a detective-who is away on a holiday and is called into action when a priceless artefact is stolen.
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