The Four Chapters - Char Adhyay (Based on The Novel by Rabindranath Tagore) (DVD)

$25
Item Code: IZZ549
Specifications:
Kumar ShahaniNational Film Development Corporation Ltd.(2013)110 minutes Approx.
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About the DVD

Starring:
Nandini Ghosal, Sumanto Chattopadhyay, Kaushik Gopal, Shruti Yusufi

Director: Kumar Shahani
Producer: NFDC
Camera: K K Mahajan
Editor: Sujata Narula

One of the most experimental films made in the Indian cinematic horizon, Char Adhyay, by auteur Kumar Shahani, is a poignant tale on the adverse effects of nationalism and patriotism. Based on Tagore’s novel of the same name, the film, as the novel, shows the destructive potential and hypocrisy of any belief system that is followed blindly and that places itself above the human needs of its followers. Set in the terrorist phase of the Indian freedom movement, it tracks the story of Ela, who has become a living mascot and metaphor of the nation for a group of armed revolutionaries. Though happy at first, she begins to question this and the movement when one member of the group, Atin, resists and expresses his revulsion towards this indoctrination. The two fall in love, but, would a group, blindly sold to an ideology, allow the simplicity of this beautiful love? Char Adhyay, the film, is a nuanced, restrained interpretation of Tagore’s work that both complements and accentuates the novella.

All Regions
Colour (1997)
NTSC
With English Subtitles
Language: Hindi / Bengali
Genre: Social

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