Opinions might differ on this, and most viewers would vote for Pather Panchali while quite a sizeable number would say Charulata, and one recalls reading one critic or fan writing about their top favourite being Jalsaghar, but this is the most beautiful film he made ever by Ray.
The very capable Madhavi Mukherjee is a delight, but it isn't a sole diamond shining in lesser surrounding, she fits in very well with the rest - all of the very able artists, the beautifully scripted story and screenplay, and filming.
And the most delightful discovery is the young teen sister in law, who one recalls falling in love with at first viewing of the film when it was fresh, and not realising till much later that this was the beloved icon of Indian womanhood in Hindi films of her time, Jaya Bhaduri.
The very real dilemma of a changing world where women went from being secure and homebound to being not only educated but also wage earning members of the families they went out to support with the wages the family very much needed, is shown very succinctly here. In urban India it was necessity in most cases, much like it is in rural agrarian societies everywhere, that brought these changes, unlike in US where the largest catalysts were WWII and the subsequent divorce wave during sixties that did so far more than any other factor.
Every aspect, every facet of the question is dealt with - the husband who needs her to work since his salary alone isn't enough, the mother in law who is upset to begin with at being alone in charge of household but comes to appreciate the efforts and benefits, the child that cries, the father in law who takes far longer to appreciate the reality and the fact that the daughter in law is a good, caring person despite going out to work and earning, the colleagues and their problems, the boss who appreciates her but let's go of a hard working colleague for reasons other than her work, the factories closing and workers' strike that forces the couple to change their decision about her resignation, the changes in her appearance that unsettle the husband seriously, the finale - everything is perfect, beautifully executed.
Responding to a comment below the original yt video about Ray being not awarded at Oscars except the lifetime achievement award, by
PRASHANT KUMAR
"St. Thelonious the Monk even Hitchcock never won any academy award (apart from that lifetime achievement crap). they wouldn't have even given Ray lifetime achievement award if Scorcese along with Spielberg wouldn't have convinced the jewry and campaigned for him. Oscar is all about politics."
Small correction, jury, not Jewry. Despite the propaganda by church and nazis to the contrary Jews are not responsible for negatives of history, merely convenient target to be blamed ever since Roman empire occupied, crucified and exiled them from their homeland.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LT41pIZnjP0
The very capable Madhavi Mukherjee is a delight, but it isn't a sole diamond shining in lesser surrounding, she fits in very well with the rest - all of the very able artists, the beautifully scripted story and screenplay, and filming.
And the most delightful discovery is the young teen sister in law, who one recalls falling in love with at first viewing of the film when it was fresh, and not realising till much later that this was the beloved icon of Indian womanhood in Hindi films of her time, Jaya Bhaduri.
The very real dilemma of a changing world where women went from being secure and homebound to being not only educated but also wage earning members of the families they went out to support with the wages the family very much needed, is shown very succinctly here. In urban India it was necessity in most cases, much like it is in rural agrarian societies everywhere, that brought these changes, unlike in US where the largest catalysts were WWII and the subsequent divorce wave during sixties that did so far more than any other factor.
Every aspect, every facet of the question is dealt with - the husband who needs her to work since his salary alone isn't enough, the mother in law who is upset to begin with at being alone in charge of household but comes to appreciate the efforts and benefits, the child that cries, the father in law who takes far longer to appreciate the reality and the fact that the daughter in law is a good, caring person despite going out to work and earning, the colleagues and their problems, the boss who appreciates her but let's go of a hard working colleague for reasons other than her work, the factories closing and workers' strike that forces the couple to change their decision about her resignation, the changes in her appearance that unsettle the husband seriously, the finale - everything is perfect, beautifully executed.
Responding to a comment below the original yt video about Ray being not awarded at Oscars except the lifetime achievement award, by
PRASHANT KUMAR
"St. Thelonious the Monk even Hitchcock never won any academy award (apart from that lifetime achievement crap). they wouldn't have even given Ray lifetime achievement award if Scorcese along with Spielberg wouldn't have convinced the jewry and campaigned for him. Oscar is all about politics."
Small correction, jury, not Jewry. Despite the propaganda by church and nazis to the contrary Jews are not responsible for negatives of history, merely convenient target to be blamed ever since Roman empire occupied, crucified and exiled them from their homeland.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LT41pIZnjP0
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