The cloud-capped star /
The cloud-capped star /
Bengali title: Meghe Dhaka Tara
- Blu-ray ed.
, India.
- 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (17 x 72 folded to 17 x 12 cm)
- 4 3/4 in.
- Criterion colleciton ; 993 .
- Criterion collection 993. .
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960. Special features: New 2K digital restoration, undertaken in partnership with the Film Foundation's World Cinema Project and the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; new conversation between filmmakers Saeed Akhtar Mirza and Kumar Shahani; stills gallery featuring rare photographs related to director Ritwik Ghatak's life and work, curated by writer and photographer Nabarupa Bhattacharjee; new English subtitle translation; plus: an essay by film scholar Ira Bhaskar. Title from folded sheet. Aspect ratio 1.37:1.
Director of photography, Dinen Gupta ; editor, Ramesh Joshi ; art director, Rabi Chattopadhyay ; musical direction, Jyotirindra Moitra. Director of photography, Dinen Gupta ; editor, Ramesh Joshi ; art director, Rabi Chattopadhyay ; musical direction, Jyotirindra Moitra.
Supriya Choudhury, Anil Chatterjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gita Dey, Gita Ghatak, Dwiju Bhawal, Niranjan Ray.
Directed by the visionary Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, tells the story of a family that has been uprooted by the Partition of India and come to depend on their 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.
Rating: Not rated.
Blu-ray; Aspect ratio 1.37:1; Monaural.
This Blu-ray disc will not play on standard DVD players.
Bengali dialogue; English subtitles.
9781681436210 1681436213
715515233415
CC3059BD The Criterion Collection
Parent and child--India--Drama.
Families--India--Drama.
Foreign language films--Bengali.
Happiness--Drama.
Families.
Happiness.
Parent and child.
India.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films--India
Fiction films.
PN1997 / .C568 2019
791.43/72
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960. Special features: New 2K digital restoration, undertaken in partnership with the Film Foundation's World Cinema Project and the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; new conversation between filmmakers Saeed Akhtar Mirza and Kumar Shahani; stills gallery featuring rare photographs related to director Ritwik Ghatak's life and work, curated by writer and photographer Nabarupa Bhattacharjee; new English subtitle translation; plus: an essay by film scholar Ira Bhaskar. Title from folded sheet. Aspect ratio 1.37:1.
Director of photography, Dinen Gupta ; editor, Ramesh Joshi ; art director, Rabi Chattopadhyay ; musical direction, Jyotirindra Moitra. Director of photography, Dinen Gupta ; editor, Ramesh Joshi ; art director, Rabi Chattopadhyay ; musical direction, Jyotirindra Moitra.
Supriya Choudhury, Anil Chatterjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Gita Dey, Gita Ghatak, Dwiju Bhawal, Niranjan Ray.
Directed by the visionary Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, tells the story of a family that has been uprooted by the Partition of India and come to depend on their 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.
Rating: Not rated.
Blu-ray; Aspect ratio 1.37:1; Monaural.
This Blu-ray disc will not play on standard DVD players.
Bengali dialogue; English subtitles.
9781681436210 1681436213
715515233415
CC3059BD The Criterion Collection
Parent and child--India--Drama.
Families--India--Drama.
Foreign language films--Bengali.
Happiness--Drama.
Families.
Happiness.
Parent and child.
India.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films--India
Fiction films.
PN1997 / .C568 2019
791.43/72
