NationalityInde Birth 14 february 1922 Death 19 june 2009 (at 87 years) at San Francisco (USA) Awards Padma Bhushan, MacArthur Fellows Program, Padma Vibhushan
Ali Akbar Khan (Bengali: আলী আকবর খাঁ) (April, 14 1922 – June, 18 2009), often referred to as Khansahib or by the title Ustad (master), was a Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Khan was instrumental in popularizing Indian classical music in the West, both as a performer (often in conjunction with Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar), and as a teacher. He established a music school in Calcutta in 1956, and the Ali Akbar College of Music in 1967, which is now located in San Rafael, California and has a branch in Basel, Switzerland. Khan also composed several classical ragas and film scores. He was a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Trained as a musician and instrumentalist by his father, Allauddin Khan, Khan first came to America in 1955 on the invitation of violinist Yehudi Menuhin and later settled in California. Khan was nominated for five Grammy Awards and was accorded India's second highest civilian honor, the Padma Vibhushan, in 1989. He has also won a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Arts's National Heritage Fellowship.
, 1h41 Directed byJames Ivory GenresDrama ActorsShashi Kapoor, Leela Naidu, Durga Khote, Achala Sachdev, Walter Woolf King, Pahari Sanyal Roles Original Music Composer Rating67% Prem Sagar (Shashi Kapoor), a teacher at a private college in Delhi, is married to Indu (Leela Naidu) in an arranged marriage recently and is still learning ropes of relationships, when the arrival of Prem's mother (Durga Khote) spells doom to their budding relationship. Indu, unable to handle her interference in the marriage, leaves Prem to return to her family. Prem searches for answers from a variety of people, including a Swami (Pahari Sanyal), who reveals the secret of a successful marriage, as a result, he finally gains the maturity to love his wife.
Directed byTapan Sinha GenresDrama ThemesPolitical films, Films about royalty ActorsUttam Kumar, Arundhati Devi, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy Roles Music Rating76% A person comes to meet with Gauri Shankar Roy (Uttam Kumar) living in Kolkata. He introduces himself as a 'fauji Sardar' of Jhind, Jhind being a small kingdom in Madhya Pradesh. He says that the to-be king of Jhind, Shankar Singh, is found missing from the kingdom right before his coronation and this is apparently a conspiracy by his own brother Udit Singh, who wants the kingdom for himself. Earlier too there were two occasions when abhishek was arranged but both the times the king was found missing. Udit is a cruel hearted man, unfit to be a good king. Shankar Singh has his vices too but is a kind hearted person who would care for his citizens and is thus worthy to be the king. Now, coincidentally, Gauri has exactly the same appearance as Shankar Singh(also played by Uttam Kumar). This being the last hope, Sardar requests him to enact the role of the King for the abhishek until he finds the real king. Gauri agrees.The two set off for Jhind.
, 1h33 Directed bySatyajit Ray GenresDrama ThemesFilms about religion ActorsSoumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Chhabi Biswas, Anil Chatterjee, Karuna Banerjee, Santha Devi Roles Music Rating76% Doyamorjee est la jeune bru d’un noble du Bengale, Kalindar. Après un rêve, il voit en elle la réincarnation de la déesse Kali et, malgré les réticences de son fils, lui voue une vénération démesurée. Devenue objet de culte, la jeune fille est astreinte à une vie religieuse. Jusqu’à ce que la destinée reprenne ses droits.
, 2h Directed byRitwik Ghatak OriginInde GenresDrama, Comedy-drama ThemesTransport films, Films about automobiles ActorsKali Banerjee, Tulsi Chakraborty, Anil Chatterjee Roles Music Rating74% Bimal is a taxi-driver in a small provincial town. He lives alone, his taxi (an old 1920 Chevrolet jalopy which he named Jagaddal) is his only companion and, although very battered, it is the apple of Bimal's eye. The film shows episodes from his life in the industrial wasteland, delivering people from one place to another.