The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indian Cultural Centre, Kuala Lumpur would be screening Tagore’s Stories on Film at NSCBICC Multi-Purpose Hall to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. The details of the screening are as below:
Date/ Time |
Movie Title |
Medium/ Duration |
Synopsis |
2nd July 2011 3 p.m |
Teen Kanya (1961) |
Bengali (2 hrs 41 mins) |
Satyajit Ray’s neorealistic style of filmmaking found an ally in Tagore’s stories of ordinary folks. Teen Kanya is based on three of his stories, The Post Master, Monihara and Samapti , and tells the story of a young village girl taught by a city-bred postmaster, a woman’s obsession with her jewels, and a tomboyish girl who changes after marriage. |
30th July 2011 3 p.m. |
Kabuliwala (1961) |
Hindi (2 hrs 20 mins) |
Kabuliwala is the tender story of a widower Afghani Pathan , played evocatively by Balraj Sahni , compelled to leave his daughter in Afghanistan and relocate to India. |
6th August 2011 3 p.m. |
Ghare Baire (1984) |
Bengali (2 hr 20 mins) |
This Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm Nominee film is one of the most telling statements on women’s empowerment. |
13th August 2011 3 p.m. |
Char Adhyay (1997) |
Hindi (1 hr 50mins) |
A story of Ela, loved by armed revolutionaries of the Indian freedom movement as a mascot for the country, who questions this blind indoctrination after falling in love with Atin. |
20th August 2011 3 p.m |
Khudito Pashan (1960) |
Bengali (1 hr 46mins) |
This National Award winning film, originally the story of a tax collector who moves into a haunted mansion in a small town and falls in love with a beautiful ghost, finds a unique , visual interpretation from an ardent Tagore Fan – Tapan Sinha |