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May 9, 2023 · A short story by Tagore that has inspired many filmmakers is “Khudhito Pashan” (Hungry Stones). From Tapan Sinha (Kshudhita Pashan, 1960) to Gulzar (Lekin, 1991) and even Tagore’s non-admirer Mrinal Sen (Antareen, 1993), the story of a haunted palace has inspired myriad retellings. While Sinha faithfully retold Tagore’s story, Sen added ...
Kabuliwala (1957, 1961) Tagore’s poignant short story about an Afghan dry fruit seller in Calcutta and his bond with a Bengali child has deeply resonated with audiences.
May 8, 2024 · The timeless story was later adapted into two films in 1961 and, more recently, 2023, and was listed as one of the best segments in Anurag Basu’s Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015) on Netflix. 2.
May 10, 2019 · Tagore was inspired to write this story after he had stayed in Shah Jahan's Moti Shahi Mahal palace in Shahibaug, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Vinod Khanna plays Sameer in the film set in Rajasthan, as Dimple Kapadia becomes the mysterious Reva. As the story progresses, he has many other chance encounters with her that leaves him more and more mystified.
Unlike the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, who was dismissive of cinema, Rabindranath Tagore followed the medium closely and even engaged with its development in its early stages. On his anniversary, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri provides a snapshot of how the poet and writer has been a muse for film-makers for over ninety-years.
Many of his novels and short stories were made into films by the renowned filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Other filmmakers too, over the years, have drawn inspiration from his works and have incorporated his stories into their movies. As many as 39 stories of his were made into films by various directors and a few other stories were made into TV series.
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Feb 1, 2024 · Tagore instilled in Ray an aura of sublimity, and how that aura inspired him t o film three s hort stories for Tee n Kanya , a novella for Charulata and a novel for Ghare-Baire as an effort to ...
