NFDC to bring out DVD set of films based on Tagore’s stories

The DVD pack will be released on May 7,Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary. The first collection includes 1960’s national award winning Bengali film based on Tagore’s story ‘Khudito Pashan’ (Hungry Stones),by Tapan Sinha,and the 1961 Bengali film ‘Teen Kanya’,directed by the legendary Satyajit Ray,which is based on three stories by Tagore — The Post Master,Monihara and Samapti.

The others are Balraj Sahni’s ‘Kabuliwala’ (1961),’Ghare Bhaire’ (Home and the World) (1984),Kumar Shahani’s 1997 film,’Char Adhyay’ and the documentary ‘Natir Puja’,which is a compilation of the available footage of a silent film that was directed by Rabindranath Tagore himself.

This was the only film where Tagore was directly involved in the production. Shot over four days on the occasion of his 70th birthday,the film features Tagore himself in an important role.