The Cloud-Capped Star
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Title from screen and credits from subtitles and container. Title and credits in Bengali script.
Title from title frame.
From a story by Shaktipada Rajguru.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Aspect ratio 1.37:1.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration; new conversation between filmmakers Saeed Akhtar Mirza and Kumar Shahani; stills gallery; new English subtitle translation; plus, an essay by film scholar Ira Bhaskar.
Supriya Choudhury, Anil Chatterjee, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gita Dey, Gita Ghatak, Dwiju Bhawal, Niranjan Ray.
Tells the story of a family that has been uprooted by the Partition of India and come to depend on its eldest daughter, the self-sacrificing Neeta. She watches helplessly as her own hopes and desires are pushed aside time and again by those of her siblings and parents, until all her chances for happiness evaporate, leaving her crushed and ailing.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 4:3 presentation; Dolby digital monaural.
Contents: Meghe ḍhākā tāra.
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SERIES
The Criterion collection
993
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In Bengali with optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
Year Published: 2019
Description: 1 videodisc (127 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations)
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781681436227
1681436221
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Ghatak, Ritwikkumar, 1925-1976,
Gupta, Dinen,
Moitra, Jyotitindra,
Joshi, Ramesh,
Supriẏā Debī, 1933-
Chatterjee, Anil, 1929-1996,
Mukherjee, Gyanesh, -2008,
Bhaṭṭācārya, Bijana, 1915-1978,
Dey, Gita, 1931-2011,
Ghatak, Gita, 1931-2009,
Rājaguru, Śaktipada.
Criterion Collection (Firm),
SUBJECTS
Rājaguru, Śaktipada -- Film adaptations.
Families -- West Bengal -- Drama.
Single women -- Family relationships -- West Bengal -- Drama.
Refugees -- West Bengal -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Parent and adult child -- Drama.
Happiness -- Drama.
Self-sacrifice -- Drama.
Bengal (India) -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.