The Inner Eye
The Inner Eye | |
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Directed by | Satyajit Ray |
Written by | Satyajit Ray |
Screenplay by | Satyajit Ray |
Based on | Life and works of Benode Behari Mukherjee |
Produced by | Films Division of India |
Starring | Benode Behari Mukherjee |
Narrated by | Satyajit Ray |
Cinematography | Soumendu Roy |
Edited by | Dulal Dutta |
Music by | Satyajit Ray |
Distributed by | Films Division of India |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | English |
The Inner Eye is a 1972 short
Mukherjee is known as the most informed Indian artist of his generation and a legend of modern Asian Art.
The Academy Film Archive, part of the Academy Foundation, took an initiative to restore Satyajit Ray's films and could successfully restore 19 Ray films. The Inner Eye is yet to be restored but found to be in good condition for the restoration.[7] The film's original script was included in a book named Original English Film Scripts Satyajit Ray, put together by Ray's son Sandip Ray.[8]
Background
Benode Behari Mukherjee was an Indian artist, born on 7 February 1904, into a well-educated family in
Synopsis
The documentary begins by showcasing a process by which a wall, 5 feet (1.5 m) high by 60 feet (18 m) wide, of a newly developed building in
The film then features Mukherjee's journey to Japan where he learned from noted Japanese artists, including
Covering Mukherjee's tenure at the National Museum of Kathmandu and his Nepalese frescoes at Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, the film also highlights his own school at Dehradun. It describes Mukherjee's failed cataract operation which led him to lose his eyesight completely. It finally shows the now-blind Mukherjee painting some of his works. The film ends with Mukherjee's own words, "Blindness is a new feeling, a new experience, a new state of being". A sitar composition by Nikhil Banerjee plays in the background, composed in the Hindustani classical morning raga Asavari, indicating optimism.
Credits
Cast
- Benode Behari Mukherjee as himself
Crew
- Narration: Satyajit Ray
- Cinematography: Soumendu Roy
- Sound recording: J. D. Irani and Durgadas Mitra
- Editor: Dulal Dutta
- Madras and Eastmancolor
Music
- Music: Satyajit Ray
- Sitar composition: Nikhil Banerjee
Restoration
After the
In media
At "Ray Festival 2009", Satyajit Ray Society screened The Inner Eye along with other three Ray documentaries, namely Two, Rabindranath Tagore and Sukumar Ray on 7 May 2009.[12] The film's original script was included in a book named Original English Film Scripts Satyajit Ray, put together by Ray's son Sandip Ray along with an ex-CEO of Ray Society, Aditinath Sarkar. The book also includes original scripts of Ray's other films.[8][13]
Awards
References
- ^ "Inner [email protected]". Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "The Inner [email protected]". Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ Mukherjee, Madhuja. "Early Indian Talkies: Voice, Performance and Aura". Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ISBN 1860649653.
- ^ a b "20th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ a b c "Binod Bihari [email protected]". 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Saving a legacy". Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ a b Nag, Ashoke (9 April 2011). "Satyajit Ray: Saluting the auteur". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Personalities-Art/Painting: Binode Behari Mukherjee". Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "The 64th Academy Awards (1992)". oscars.org. 30 March 1992. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "About the Academy Film Archive". oscars.org. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "News: Film, Music and [email protected]". Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ISBN 978-8180280016.
External links
- The Inner Eye at IMDb
Further reading
- Sengupta, Anindya (December 2012). "Revisiting Realism Through Satyajit Ray's The Inner Eye". Wide Screen. 4 (1757–3920): 19. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.