Devi Movie Review 1960

A minor film in the Ray canon, it is, nonetheless, a strange and compelling tale of religious superstition. An Indian farmer becomes convinced that his beautiful daughter-in-law is the reincarnation of the goddess Kali. The girl is then pressured into accepting a worship that eventually drives her mad. In Bengali with English subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 93 minutes.
Originally from Indian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Ties, Religion, Sanity Check, Reincarnation

Screenplay

Satyajit Ray

Cast

Chhabi Biswas, Sharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee

Cinematography

Subrata Mitra

Director

Satyajit Ray

Music

Ali Akbar Khan

Producer

Satyajit Ray Productions