Points: The film (Sadgati) — Its execution — Personal appreciation and assessment.
I was spell-bound all the time. When the film-show was over, the cruel ending stung my conscience. For a while I could not distinguish between the real world and the film world. I was simply dazed. The film ‘Sadgati’ of ‘Satyajit Ray’ left indeed a very deep impression upon my mind.
The story is by Munshi Premchand, the greatest Hindi writer of all time. It is full of realism and social criticism. Satyajit Ray, as Director of the film, has faithfully translated the pathos and suffering of the rural poor into the language of his camera. The problem of caste and untouchability has been portrayed vividly from beginning to end. The exploiter and his exploitation of the poor under the cover of religion have been mercilessly exposed in this film. Dukhi, the poor worker desperately striking against the old tree-stump, became a symbol of both protest and helplessness. His dead body hangs all the time on our feudal society. Smita Patil, Om Puri and Mohan Agashe played their roles marvelously well, and the camera and Satyajit’s own music in the background all blended into one splendid effect.
Both as a piece of art and as a piece of social document ‘Sadgati’ is an extraordinary film. It is great.
I was spell-bound all the time. When the film-show was over, the cruel ending stung my conscience. For a while I could not distinguish between the real world and the film world. I was simply dazed. The film ‘Sadgati’ of ‘Satyajit Ray’ left indeed a very deep impression upon my mind.
The story is by Munshi Premchand, the greatest Hindi writer of all time. It is full of realism and social criticism. Satyajit Ray, as Director of the film, has faithfully translated the pathos and suffering of the rural poor into the language of his camera. The problem of caste and untouchability has been portrayed vividly from beginning to end. The exploiter and his exploitation of the poor under the cover of religion have been mercilessly exposed in this film. Dukhi, the poor worker desperately striking against the old tree-stump, became a symbol of both protest and helplessness. His dead body hangs all the time on our feudal society. Smita Patil, Om Puri and Mohan Agashe played their roles marvelously well, and the camera and Satyajit’s own music in the background all blended into one splendid effect.
Both as a piece of art and as a piece of social document ‘Sadgati’ is an extraordinary film. It is great.
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