Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore can be attending Cannes this yr. She goes to be seen at a particular screening. She’s going to attend the screening of Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri, which she starred in with Soumitra Chatterjee.

Sharmila Tagore


The particular screening will happen on Might 27, 2025. The actress’ workforce has additionally famous that there’s a story behind the filming of the film. The fantastic story goes that she bunked the taking pictures of Aradhana to shoot Aranyer Din Ratri within the jungles. This improvement additionally meant that the enduring music Mere Sapno Ki Rani in Aradhana needed to be shot with out her and later they shot her montages in a studio, as a result of she left Aradhana’s taking pictures to be with Ray’s movie.

Curiously, Tagore made her performing debut in Satyajit Ray’s critically acclaimed Bengali epic drama Apur Sansar (1959). She went on to collaborate with Ray on quite a few different movies, together with Devi (1960), Nayak (1966), Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) and (Seemabaddha (1971) – establishing herself as probably the most iconic actresses in Bengali cinema.

Sharmila Tagore


About Aranyer Din Ratri

The film relies on Sunil Gangypadhyay’s novel of the identical identify. Other than Sharmila and Soumitra, it stars Subhendu Chatterjee, Samit Bhanja, Rabi Ghosh, Kaberi Bose, Aparna Sen and Simi Garewal. It launched on January 16, 1970 in India and March 14, 1973, within the USA.

The plot unfolds round a gaggle of 4 buddies, who’ve their very own share of variations. Nonetheless, they bond deeply. The 4 buddies are all educated and are available from totally different layers of society. Their deep curiosity to flee the every day grind of the tiring metropolis life is explored nicely. It makes them completely wander in forests and tribal lands.

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