The Expedition (1962) Abhijaan
The Expedition (1962)
DVDRip | AVI | 576x432 | XviD @ 1197 Kbps | 145 min | 1,36 Gb
Audio: Bengali MP3 @ 128 Kbps | Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Drama
DVDRip | AVI | 576x432 | XviD @ 1197 Kbps | 145 min | 1,36 Gb
Audio: Bengali MP3 @ 128 Kbps | Subs: English (srt)
Genre: Drama
Director: Satyajit Ray
Writers: Tarashankar Banerjee (original story) (as Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay), Satyajit Ray (screenplay)
Stars: Waheeda Rehman, Soumitra Chatterjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta
In India, on the seedy periphery of Calcutta, cabbie Narsingh (Soumitra Chatterjee) is fired after a big-shot policeman catches him driving his car dangerously. Now penniless, he takes a job shipping opium for the crooked Sukhanram (Charuprakash Ghosh). After having his heart broken by a Christian woman he loves, Narsingh slides deeper into the criminal life. However, he sees his chance for redemption when he meets Sukhanram's prostitute, Gulabi (Waheeda Rehman), who wants to escape her pimp.
I saw this movie a long time ago but it still sticks with me. It is one of those movies you don't forget once you have seen it, and also don't think too much about. Its a simple pastoral romance written by one of the greatest Bengali writers, Tarashankar. Ray always knew the importance of the story, and he chose wisely from writers like Bibhutibhushan, Tagore and others. In this movie, made in a retro sepia tone which promotes a feeling of otherworldliness and decrepitude at the same time, Ray sticks to the storyline and elicits some great performances from Soumitra, Waheeda Rahman, Robi Ghosh and the magnificent Charuprakash Ghosh, a Ray favorite, who nails the difficult role of the seedy bania as counterpoint to Soumitra's ramrod Punjabi taxi driver. The strange admixture of the arid rural landscapes, ramshackle Chevrolet cabs, drunken depot operators, nepotist petty officials, prostitutes, smugglers and Christians comes together in a sweeping narrative that never rests for a moment in its grand mission - to tell a story to a spellbound audience.
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The Expedition (1962) Abhijaan
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