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The Inner Eye, 1972     Production: Films Division, Government of India Screenplay, Music, Narration and Direction: Satyajit Ray Photography: Soumendu Roy Editing: Dulal Dutta Sound: J.D. Irani, Durgadas Mitra Duration: 19 mins. Colour       Awards     Prime Minister's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1972         The Theme   A documentary homage to a painter at work. Benode Bihari Mukherjee lost his sight following a cataract surgery. Ray had been his student when he was at Santiniketan, the university founded by Tagore. Blind, Benodebehari Mukherjee is sketching with a black felt pen having a thick nib.  The briskly walking hawker was drawn in 1971 with felt pen by the painter when he had gone blind.   Contributed by DKB and AKD Back Top

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