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Agantuk
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| Directed by | Satyajit Ray |
| Produced by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Written by | Satyajit Ray |
| Starring | Utpal Dutt Bikramjit - as Satyaki, the boy Mamata Shankar Deepankar de Dhritiman Chatterjee Promod Ganguli Rabi Ghosh |
| Release date(s) | 1991 |
| Running time | 120 mins |
| Language | Bangla |
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Agantuk (or The Stranger) is a 1991 film directed by Satyajit Ray. This is the last film made by Ray. The movie is based on a short story by Ray, Atithi (The Guest).
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When Anila (Mamata Shankar) receives a letter from a man, who claims to be her long lost uncle, her husband Subindra ( Deepankar De) is suspicious. The man claiming to be Manomohan Mitra (Utpal Dutt) appears and stays with the family, stating that he is an anthropologist who has traveled all over the world.
Anila, who initially believes the visitor, is slowly led to believe that he has come to claim his share of property by saying he is her uncle. Only her son believes that the visitor is Anila's uncle.
The central conflict of the film rests upon the identity of this man and the family's struggle to accept or reject it. Subindra subjects the visitor to various tests in an effort to resolve this conflict. On one occasion, he invites a lawyer and friend of his to gently question the guest. However, the lawyer's anger builds up until finally he orders the guest to "either come clean or get out." The next morning, the visitor is nowhere to be found; the family finally learns that he is in fact Manmohan Mitra and finds him in a remote tribal village.
Ironically, we learn that Mitra, too, was trying to ascertain the identity of his long-lost niece. He claims that he was not quite sure until he saw her dancing with tribal women with whom the uncle was living. In the end, he hands her a piece of paper, which turns out to be the claim to his share of property.
- "Nothing, it seems, can take away the old fire. Ray's eye for detail and the old magic of his genius can't let go of The Stranger, a tour-de-force. The camera is wielded like a conductor's baton as it strikes chords deep in the mind." - The Times
- "A graceful comedy made in a serene, classical style... we can still hear in its message the voice of a great artist!" - The New Yorker
- "A gentle, exquisitely realized comedy, beautifully observed, sweet and enriching!" - Vincent Canby, The New York Times
- "One of Satyajit Ray's best." - John Hartl, Seattle Times
Agantuk received the following 1992 National Film Awards:
- Won - National Film Award for Best Film - Satyajit Ray
- Won - National Film Award for Best Directing - Satyajit Ray
- Satyajitray.org on Agantuk
- UCSC on Agantuk
- Yale on Agantuk
- Reviews of all of Ray's film including Agantuk
Pather Panchali (1955) • Aparajito (1957) • Parash Pathar (1958) • Jalsaghar (1958) • Apur Sansar (1959) • Devi (1960) • Teen Kanya (1961) • Rabindranath Tagore (1961) • Kanchenjungha (1962) • Abhijan (1962) • Mahanagar (1963) • Charulata (1964) • Two (1965) • Kapurush (1965) • Mahapurush (1966) • Nayak (1966) • Chiriyakhana (1967) • Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969) • Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) • Pratidwandi (1971) • Seemabaddha (1971) • Sikkim (1971) • The Inner Eye (1972) • Ashani Sanket (1973) • Sonar Kella (1974) • Jana Aranya (1976) • Bala (1976) • Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977) • Joi Baba Felunath (1978) • Hirak Rajar Deshe (1980) • Pikoor Diary (1981) • Sadgati (1981) • Ghare Baire (1984) • Sukumar Ray (1987) • Ganashatru (1989) • Shakha Proshakha (1990) • Agantuk (1991)