Bollywood movie ‘Devi’ captivated the the cine-goers on the sixth day of Filmotsav 2013, at Ravindra Bhavan. The movie was screened here on Wednesday which was loved by the spectators. Another movie ‘Changeling’ was also screened here at Film Festival.
The movie Devi is a Bengali movie written and directed by a noted filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Woven around the problems of a married woman, the movie stars Soumitra Chhatterjee and Sharmila Tagore and has won many awards. Having the running time of 93 minutes the movie was released in the year 1960.
The movie has won National Film Award under the category President’s Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Bengali. The story in the backdrop of rural Bengal, revolves around Dayamoyee (Sharmila Tagore) and her husband Umaprasad (Soumitra Chatterjee). Father of Umaprasad, Kalikinkar Choudhuri, is a devotee of the goddess Kali. Since Umaprasad is away at school, Dayamoyee takes care of her father-in-law.
One evening, Kalikinkar has a dream that Dayamoyee is an Avatar of Kali and must be worshipped as such. Soon other people too believed that she is an incarnation of the goddess. After hearing the news, Umaprasad returns home but is unable to rescue the situation as Dayamoyee herself begins to believe that she is an avatar, a belief which soon turns to tragedy. The refined Bengali movie which is appreciated by the movie buffs till now and the work of Satyajit Ray is revered by them. Though the movie was an adaptation of a short story by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhya, it was finely served by Satayajit Ray before the audience.
Another movie Changeling also received a good response by the audience. Released in the year 2008, the movie is an American-drama, directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski.
The movie is based on real-life events in 1928 los Angeles. The film stars Angelina Jolie as a woman who is reunited with her missing son. Changeling explores female disempowerment, political corruption, child endangerment, and the repercussions of violence.
The cine-goers watched the shows with lot of excitement. Many students of media studies visited to watch Satyajit’s film.