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Shakha Proshakha (Branches of a Tree), 1990 |
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Production: Satyajit Ray Productions (Calcutta), Erato Films (Paris), D.D. Productions (Paris) |
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Story,Screenplay, Music and Direction: Satyajit Ray |
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Photography: Barun Raha |
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Art Director: Ashoke Bose |
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Editing: Dulal Dutta |
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Sound: Pierre Lenoir |
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Duration: 120 mins |
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Date of release (on Doordarshan channel) in India: 5th May, 1991. Colour |
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| The apparently corrupt businessman trying reconciliation with her dissenting wife. |
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All members of the family trying to console
gathering near the father afflicted by a heart attack. |
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Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Proshanto), Ranjit Mallick (Pratap), Dipankar Dey (Prabir), Haradhan Banerjee (Prabodh), Mamata Shankar (Tapati), Lily Chakraborty (Uma), Ajit Banerjee (Anandamohan), Master Soham Chakraborty (Dingo), Bhisma Guha Thakurta (Dr Ashok De), Kamu Mukherjee (Ramdohin), Rajaram Yagnik (Dr. Sahay), Pradip Mukherjee (Bijan, journalist), Sunil Guptakabiraj (Dr. Som), Ashoke Mukherjee (Joydeb), Tarun Mitra (President). |
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| The Story |
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| Ananda Majumdar, a wealthy, retired industrialist, is stricken by an illness during a ceremony in honor of his seventieth birthday. Members of his family (his three sons) rush immediately at his bedside. There they find Proshanto, the fourth son, who lives with his father. Proshanto spends his time listening to western classical music and is considered to be the family failure. The two eldest sons, involved in business, live corrupt lives and do not want their father, an uncompromising moralist who believes in work and honesty, to find out. The youngest of the four, weary of office life, would love to become an actor. A family meal and a picnic accentuate the tensions. |
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| The youngest brother, who has left his job, reminds all the members of his family about the futility of their lives, during a picnic. |
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| Contributed by DKB and AKD |
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