Two-day movie treat for fans of Tagore's works

MANGALORE: Film buffs keen on getting a slice of movies based on the works of `Gurudev' Rabindranath Tagore, can get their wish fulfilled, courtesy a two-day `Tagore Film Festival' organized by Sahamatha Film Society, Mangalore, and Samudaya, Mangalore, at Srinivas College auditorium at Pandeshwar from December 25. The films include `Charulatha', 'Kabuliwala', `Ghare Baire' and `Teen Kanya.'
Spurred by the success of the four-day Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy International Film Festival-2010 held last month, the Sahamatha Film Society, which took lead role in hosting that event, came up with this venture to satiate the viewing tastes of film buffs.
Govind Belgaumkar, convener, said an interesting facet of this event is this that coastal city is hosting such an event for the first time in Karnataka, after Tripura and Kolkata.
`Charulatha' is a Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray in 1964, based on Nastaneer (The Broken Nest, 1901) and is set in 1879, when the renaissance in Bengal was at its peak. Kabuliwala in Hindi, a Bimal Roy film directed by Hemen Gupta in 1961, is the story of an Afghani Pathan Abdul Rehman Khan, who tries to see Amina (his daughter) in another little girl Mini, whom he meets while selling dry fruits on the streets. A Satyajit Ray classic, `Ghare Baire' is a Bengali offering of 1984 and deals with platonic relationship of Bimala, an educated woman, who befriends Sandip, leader of an economic rebellion.
Ivan D'Silva, convener, Sahamatha Film Society said one among the collection of three stories -- Postmaster, Monihara and Samapti-- which forms part of `Teen Kanya', a 1961 Bengali film may be dropped owing to time constraints of the event. Entry to the event will be through delegate passes priced at Rs 100 and will be available with Jagadish, Ambit Computers, Gokul Market (09901735144), H M Somashekarappa, Mangalore University (9448836447), Harish Kumar, Navakarnataka Publication, K S Rao Road (9343651753), Ivan D'Silva (9448073330), Vasudev Uchil (9632095219), Chandrakala Nandavar (9480265441) and Govind Belgaumkar (9845227406).