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Distant Thunder is a indian film of genre Drama directed by Satyajit Ray with Soumitra Chatterjee
Distant Thunder (1973)
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Add to a movie listDistant Thunder (Bengali: অশনি সংকেত; translit. Oshoni Shongket) is a 1973 Bengali film by the renowned Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.
Unlike most of Ray's earlier films, Distant Thunder was filmed in colour. It stars Soumitra Chatterjee, who headlined numerous Ray films, and the Bangladeshi actress Bobita in her only prominent international role. Today the film features in "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made". It marked the debut of the theatre star Mrityunjay Sil.
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Le film se déroule durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, au Bengale, au début de la grande famine de 1943.Actors
Soumitra Chatterjee
(Gangacharan Chakravarti)
Babita
(Ananga, la femme de Gangacharan)
Bobita
(Ananga, Gangacharan's wife)
Sandhya Roy
(Chutki)
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