Rabindranath Tagore (1961)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1961 (IN)
  • Documentary, History
  • 54m

'His mortal remains perished, but he left behind him a heritage which no fire could consume.'

Overview

Docudrama about the life of Rabindranath Tagore, Indian polymath—poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art, becoming in 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The film was released during Tagore's birth centenary year.

Satyajit Ray

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Satyajit Ray's headshot

Satyajit Ray

Narrator (voice)
Rabindranath Tagore's headshot

Rabindranath Tagore

Self (Archive footage)
Raya Chatterjee's headshot

Raya Chatterjee

Sovanlal Ganguli's headshot

Sovanlal Ganguli

Smaran Ghosal's headshot

Smaran Ghosal

Purnendu Mukherjee's headshot

Purnendu Mukherjee

Kallol Bose's headshot

Kallol Bose

Subir Bose's headshot

Subir Bose

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