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. [show more]
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Second volume of films from an undisputed master of world cinema. In 'Kapurush' (1965), Amitabha Roy's (Soumitra Chatterjee) taxi has a breakdown on the way to Hanshimara where he is to collect material for a film story. He is offered hospitality for the night by Bimal Gupta (Haradhan Bannerjee), a local tree planter who does not know that his wife Karuna (Madhabi Mukherjee) is Amitabha's former lover. During his stay Amitabha realizes that Bimal and Karuna's marriage cannot be a happy one and he wants to take Karuna away and atone for his past betrayal. In 'Mahapurush' (1965), a fake Holy man, Birinchi Baba (Charuprakash Ghosh), is adopted by a wealthy man who wants a suitable husband for his daughter to marry. His wary friends, however, soon decide to set a trap to expose the charlatan in their midst. Finally, in 'Joi Baba Felunath' (1978), Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a sharp and witty detective from Calcutta. His cousin Topshe (Siddharta Chatterjee) and friend Lalmohan Ganguly (Santosh Dutta) visit Benaras, a town on the banks of the Ganges where they meet a Bengali family. After learning about Feluda's detective skills, the head of the family invites Feluda to his home and tells him about the theft of an idol of Ganesha, the elephant God. Feluda promises to help the family to find the idol, but the mystery deepens when the sculptor who was sculpting the Durga idol for the Durga Puja festival is murdered.
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