{"product_id":"23227-ashani-sanket-bengali-dvd-with-english-subtitles","title":"Ashani Sanket (Bengali DVD with English Subtitles)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Satyajit Ray\u003cbr\u003eSandhya Roy\/Soumitra Chatterjee\u003cbr\u003eDirector\/Composer\/Na: Satyajit Ray\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Angel Digital\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: multilingual\u003cbr\u003ePages: NA\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): AVDVD 120CE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1942-43 World War II – warplanes flying overhead – a remote little village in Bengal. Young Ganga and his wife Ananga are the only Brahmins, newly settled, in this village of low-caste peasants. Ganga is the Priest cum Doctor cum the only Teacher in the village. Ananga, childless still is a friendly woman. Life on the whole is pleasant. Soon black marketing begins and the war effects start taking its stall on the innocent villagers. What follows is a man-made famine in spite of a good harvest. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe peaceful village life changes for the worse and the villagers specially the women like Chhutki (who succumbs to the advances of the scare-face Jadu) and Ananga (almost raped by an unknown man) suffers the most.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt this point Moti the untouchable woman from Ananga’s village comes to beg for rice and dies on her doorstep. In this darkest hour, Ananga tells her husband of the advent of their first child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAWARDS:\u003cbr\u003e1.\tPresident’s Gold Medal for Music Direction, \u003cbr\u003e    New Delhi 1973.\u003cbr\u003e2. Best Regional Film, New Delhi 1973.\u003cbr\u003e3. Golden Bear, Berlin 1974.\u003cbr\u003e4. Golden Hugo, Chicago 1974.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCAST:\u003cbr\u003eSoumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, Babita (Bangladesh), Gobind Chakraborty, Ramesh Chatterjee, Santosh Mitra, Shelly Pal, Chitra Bandhopadhyay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCREDITS:\u003cbr\u003eProducer: Balaka Movies (Sarbani Bhattacharya) \u003cbr\u003eScreenplay \u0026amp; Direction: Satyajit Ray (based on the novel \"Asani Sanket\" by Bibhutibhushan Banerjee) \u003cbr\u003eCinematography: Soumendu Roy \u003cbr\u003eEditing: Dulal Dutta \u003cbr\u003eArt Direction: Ashoke Bose \u003cbr\u003eSound: J. D. Irani, Durgadas Mitra \u003cbr\u003eMusic: Satyajit Ray\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1973\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Satyajit Ray \/ Angel Digital \/ dvd_rom","offer_id":40785711005865,"sku":"23227","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/23227.jpg?v=1625526982","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/23227-ashani-sanket-bengali-dvd-with-english-subtitles","provider":"India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}