Distant Thunder (1973)
1h 41m
Running Time
August 16, 1973Release Date
Plot.
Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.
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Cast & Crew.
Soumitra Chatterjee
Gangacharan Chakravarti
Bobita
Ananga - Gangacharan's Wife
Sandhya Roy
Chutki
Chitra Banerjee
Moti
Paritosh Banerjee
Actor
Sachin Chakraborty
Actor
Govinda Chakravarti
Dinabandhu
Shrikumar Dutta
Actor
Subal Dutta
Actor
Tapan Dutta
Actor
Anil Ganguly
Nibaran
Satyajit Ray
Director
Noni Ganguly
'Scarface' Jadu
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Writer
Debatosh Ghosh
Adhar
Sharbani Bhattacharya
Producer
Soumendu Roy
Cinematographer
Santosh Kumar Mitra
(as Santosh Mitra)
Dulal Dutta
Editor
Ashoke Bose
ProductionDesigner
Ramesh Mukherjee
Biswas
Sheli Pal
Mokshada
Suchita Ray Chaudhury
Khenti
Ananta Das
Makeup Artist
Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Shubhra Nath
Monu Mukherjee
Sucheta Roy
Arun Roy
Sunil Sarkar
Dalim Guha
Gobardhan Ghosh
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Distant Thunder (Bengali: অশনি সংকেত; translit. Ashani Sanket) is a 1973 Bengali film by the Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.
Unlike most of Ray's earlier films, Distant Thunder was filmed in colour. It stars Soumitra Chatterjee, who headlined numerous Ray films, and the Bangladeshi actress Bobita in her only prominent international role. Today the film features in The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made. It marked the debut of the theatre star Mrityunjay Sil.