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Devi

Play trailer Devi 1962,  1h 38m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 17 Reviews Tomatometer 91% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 17 Reviews 91% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
In rural 19th-century India, the Doyamoyee (Sharmila Tagore) marries Umaprasad (Soumitra Chatterjee) and moves in with his family. Doyamoyee cares for her husband's elderly father, Kalikinkar (Chhabi Biswas), who dreams that the girl is a goddess. Kalikinkar, who is respected and wealthy, convinces the locals to worship the girl, and she starts to think she has healing powers. When the villagers bring their sickly to Doyamoyee for help, Umaprasad tries to intervene, but tragedy strikes.

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Geoff Andrew Time Out Jan 26, 2006
Comparatively baroque and melodramatic in terms of its images and story, it manages to mount a lucid, finally very moving argument against the destructive nature of fanaticism and superstition. Go to Full Review
New York Times May 9, 2005
A haunting experience, and should have been, coming from afar from a man born to make movies. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Jan 1, 2000
One of Satyajit Ray's greatest early films (1962), full of sensuality and ironic undertones. Go to Full Review
Penelope Gilliatt Observer (UK) Mar 6, 2024
Visually, I think this is the most beautiful film that Ray has made... It is an achievement of an integrity as clear as a piece of glass. Go to Full Review
Pauline Kael Partisan Review Oct 17, 2023
If there had been no [Apu] trilogy, I would say of Devi, “This is the greatest Indian film ever made.” Go to Full Review
Brian Susbielles InSession Film Feb 28, 2023
For Ray, it was another chapter to his ingenious. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Satyajit Ray

Director

Sharmila Tagore

Doyamoyee

Soumitra Chatterjee

Umaprasad

Chhabi Biswas

Kalikinkar Roy

Purnendu Mukherjee

Taraprasad

Karuna Bannerjee

Harasundari

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Devi

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Movie Info

Synopsis In rural 19th-century India, the Doyamoyee (Sharmila Tagore) marries Umaprasad (Soumitra Chatterjee) and moves in with his family. Doyamoyee cares for her husband's elderly father, Kalikinkar (Chhabi Biswas), who dreams that the girl is a goddess. Kalikinkar, who is respected and wealthy, convinces the locals to worship the girl, and she starts to think she has healing powers. When the villagers bring their sickly to Doyamoyee for help, Umaprasad tries to intervene, but tragedy strikes.
Director
Satyajit Ray
Producer
Satyajit Ray
Screenwriter
Prabhat Mukherjee, Satyajit Ray
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Bangla
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 7, 1962, Original
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Mono
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