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Aśani-saṃketa = Distant thunder
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A dramatization of World War II famine in India. As the government requisitions the civilian food supply to feed its armies, the common man starves. A Brahmin living in a Bengali village with his b...
A dramatization of World War II famine in India. As the government requisitions the civilian food supply to feed its armies, the common man starves. A Brahmin living in a Bengali village with his beautiful wife must abandon his former aspirations, becoming wiser and more compassionate in the process.
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- Creator
- producer, Sarbani Bhattacharya ; scenario, music and direction, Satyajit Ray
- Other Title
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- Parallel title on container: Ashanti sanket
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- Hindi, Bengali
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [New York] : New York Film Annex, [1998]
- Physical Details
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- 1 videocassette (100 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in
- ISBNs
- 9781558810303, 1558810307
- OCLC
- ocm33257480
- Credits
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- Soumitra Chatterji, Babita, Sandhya Roy, Gobinda Chakravarty, Romesh Mukerji
- Photography, Soumendu Roy; editing, Dulal Dutt
- Some credits also appear in Bengali script.
- A foreign film (India).
- From the novel by Bibhuti Bhusan Bannerji.
- Originally produced as motion picture in 1973.
- "Color is weak"--Container.
- Copyright dates on cassette and container labels vary.
- VHS.
- In Hindi and Bengali with English subtitles.