Abhijan

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Movie
Original title অভিযান
(Abhijan)
Country of production India
original language Bengali
Publishing year 1962
length 145 minutes
Rod
Director Satyajit Ray
script Satyajit Ray
production Bhola Nath Roy
music Satyajit Ray
camera Soumendu Roy
cut Dulal Dutta
occupation

Abhijan ( Bengali : অভিযান , Abhiyān ; translated: The Expedition ) is an Indian feature film by Satyajit Ray from 1962. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay .

action

Narsingh, a taxi driver, is a proud and hot-blooded Rajput with a passion for his car, a 1930 Chrysler - Vintage car . He was abandoned by his wife and, out of bitterness, does not take a woman in the car; He even instructs his assistant Rama to throw a newlywed couple out of the taxi again. Instead, he drives a group of older men after a train that they really want to get. On the way back Narsingh overtook the car of a senior regional police officer in a daring maneuver next to the road. Angrily, he withdraws his taxi driver license.

On a night drive, Narsingh takes a couple - the trader Sukhanram and his wife Gulabi - whose ox cart has broken down. He can only be moved to take the woman with him against the promise of double the fare. Sukhanram invites him to his house and suggests that he start his ride in town, he can help and lend him money. After a night of deliberation, Narsingh accepts the suggestion.

He did not suffer well with his old car from the local taxi drivers. Narsingh starts talking to the taxi driver Joseph and they discover that they come from the same place and that their grandfathers were friends. Joseph invites Narsingh to his home. Narsingh is impressed by Joseph's sister Nili, she is pretty and teaches English. He learns that Joseph's family was lowly and therefore converted to Christianity.

At night Gulabi comes to Narsingh's accommodation and asks him to let her stay with him until morning, as she is being threatened. Obviously Gulabi likes him, but he doesn't like her that much. She brings him the warmth that Narsingh actually hopes for from Nili. The next morning Narsingh drove to Joseph, who had promised him that a senior local official, whose private driver he was, would get him a new taxi license. Narsingh gets the license. Without realizing that Nili has already given her heart to a cripple, Narsingh begins to take an interest in her religion. He goes to church with Nili and learns English from her.

Narsigh wants to repay his loan, but the half-silk trader Sukhanram offers him a stake in the business. Narsingh is supposed to work as a transporter and from time to time move a metal box to a specific location. Sukhanram knows how to dispel his skepticism about the legality of the business: a businessman who claims to only do legal business is lying. When Gulabi returned to Narsingh in the evening, she asked him to take her away. He denies willingness to do so.

Narsingh gets into a fight with the other taxi drivers. After he has recovered, he goes to Nili and tells her about his planned involvement in the transport company, she makes an appointment with him for the evening. At the agreed time, however, she does not come alone, but brings her boyfriend with a cripple with whom she wants to flee to Kolkata in order to secretly marry. Narsingh is dejected, but accepts the request. He returns drunk and asks for Gulabi. She is happy and takes care of him the next day too. She tells Narsingh how she was first raped and then forced into prostitution by Sukhanram - she puts all her hopes in Narsingh and offers to be his wife.

Sukhanram and his lawyer press Narsingh into a partnership and would even have been willing to sell his car to invest in the smuggling business. After his first deal, Narsingh learns from Gulabi that there is opium in the box, but he does not want to give up the business, otherwise he sees himself threatened with poverty.

Joseph informs Narsingh that Sukhanram's house is about to be searched by the police. Slowly Narsinghs comes to realize his mistake. Despite some emotional disappointment, Narsingh finds himself, he and his assistant kidnap Rama Gulabi and together they flee to Kolkata.

background

Originally, the film was supposed to be made by Ray's friend Bijoy Chatterjee and Ray had only been asked to work on the script and preproduction . As a friendship, however, Ray took on the first day of shooting, and Chatterjee and his friends eventually got him to direct the entire film. Abhijan became Satyajit Ray 's biggest box office success in his Bengali homeland. It was published on September 28, 1962.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anshuman Bhowmick: The World Of Soumitra Chatterjee. HIS CAREER - Film> 1962. In: BanglaLive.com. Celcius Technologies Private Limited January 19, 2007, archived from the original on December 10, 2007 ; accessed on October 6, 2013 .

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