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Kapurush and Mahapurush

Filmstill from MAHAPURUSH: People are standing close together, looking upwards and holding hands, sometimes together.

Thu 15.08.
20:00

  • Director

    Satyajit Ray

  • India / 1965
    70 min. / DCP / Original version with English subtitles

Kapurush

Screenwriter Amitabha Roy is on his way to the provinces to do research for a new project. When his car breaks down in a small village, he recognizes in the wife of the man who offers him accommodation for the night his childhood sweetheart. He had left her out of cowardice at a difficult moment and had been unable to enter into a relationship with another woman ever since. KAPURUSH will be screened with MAHAPURUSH, as it was at the time of release. (gv)

  • Director

    Satyajit Ray

  • India / 1965
    65 min. / DCP / Original version with English subtitles

Mahapurush

With this adaptation of Rajshekhar Basu's satirical short story about a devout Hindu family that falls prey to a self-proclaimed healer, Ray expressed his contempt for spiritual gurus and impostors. (gv)

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  • Logo Minister of State for Culture and the Media