Rabindranath Tagore (film)
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Rabindranath Tagore is a 1961 documentary on the life and works of noted Bengali author Rabindranath Tagore
. It was made on the anniversary of his hundredth birthday and was written and directed by Satyajit Ray
. According to the official website:
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
. It was made on the anniversary of his hundredth birthday and was written and directed by Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
. According to the official website:
- The dramatized sequences of boy Rabi (Rabindranath Tagore) and young Tagore in his twenties are moving and lyrical. Ray has been reported to have said, 'Ten or twelve minutes of it are among the most moving and powerful things that I have produced'. http://www.satyajitray.org/films/tagore.htm.