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Kanchenjungha
''Kanchenjungha'' (''Kanchonjônggha'') is a 1962 Indian film directed by Satyajit Ray. The film is about an upper class Bengali family on vacation in Darjeeling, a popular hill station and resort, near Kanchenjunga. Narrative structure The structure of the film contrasts a primary plot with a secondary plot. The secondary plot involves two characters, largely static, and is played out in scenes involving only them. The primary plot pulls in most of the characters, in various groups coming together and breaking apart, across many different locations, as they all walk the circular path rising and falling over the mountainside. The film happens in linear realtime, i.e. the runtime of the film covers events happening over approximately the same period. However frequent inter-cutting between the different groups fractures this linearity, as does the thematically opposed trajectories of the two plots, one proceeding from family to the individual while the other proceeds from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alokananda Roy
Alokananda Roy is an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali cinema and theatre. She made her thespian debut at the age of seven in the 1951 and later on became part of numerous Bengali plays. She made her screen debut with Satyajit Ray's '' Kanchenjungha'' (1962). She received a BFJA Award for her role in Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Bengali film '' Phera'' (1988). She appeared in National Award winning films such as '' Paromitar Ek Din'', ''Utsab'', '' Prohor'' and '' Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero''. Acting career After Sharmila Tagore was compelled to decline the role of Manisha in Satyajit Ray's '' Kanchenjungha'' (1962), the latter zeroed upon Alokananda Roy to play the character. Ray had to convince her father and her uncle as well that the role was sober enough to play. The film did not perform well at the box office. In 1978, She returned to stage with the Bengali play ''Acharya'' directed by Shekhar Chatterjee. She featured opposite Soumitra Chat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |