Char Adhyay

Char Adhyay (English: Four Chapters) 1997 Indian Hindi language drama film written and directed by Kumar Shahani. It is based on Rabindranath Tagore's last novel by the same name, written in 1934.[1]

Not to be confused with Char Adhyay, 1934 novel by Rabindranath Tagore.

Char Adhyay
Directed byKumar Shahani
Produced byNational Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC)
Doordarshan
Written byKumar Shahani
Udayan Vajpeyi (dialogue)
Based onChar Adhyay (1934)
by Rabindranath Tagore
Music byVanraj Bhatia
CinematographyK. K. Mahajan
Edited bySujata Narula
Release date
1997
Running time
110 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

The film is set in the late Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s, and a group of young intellectuals and revolutionaries involved with the Indian independence movement. It deals with the impact of political issues on personal lives and questions blind nationalism and blind adherence to a leader and delves into the ugly face of idealism.[1][2][3]

Most of the cast included non-actors, Nandini Ghosal was an Odissi dancer a disciple of Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra, Kaushik Gopal was a psychoanalyst, while Sumanto Chattopadhyay worked in advertising and acted in theatre.[3]

Cast

References
  1. Rabindranath Tagore (2011). The Essential Tagore. Harvard University Press. p. 656. ISBN 978-0-674-05790-6.
  2. "Kumar Shahani". The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. Madhu Jain (14 July 1997). "Char Adhyay: Tagore novel adaptation is set to create ripples". India Today. Retrieved 4 May 2014.


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