Quest for the Pitcher of Nectar (1982)
Overview
The film documents one of the largest Indian religious fairs, the Kumbh Mela, which is held at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati. The action is seen through the eyes of Shubhendu Chatterjee who has come to the Mela not out of any religious sentiment but to see and understand people and seek the reason why “….multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining.” (Mark Twain after visiting the 1895 Mela)
Cast
Aparna Sen
Subhendu Chatterjee
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Bhanu Banerjee
Sumitra Mukherjee
Samit Bhanja
Lily Chakravarty
Gita Dey
Rabi Ghosh
Chinmoy Roy
Mahua Roy Chowdhury
Dipankar Dey
Anup Kumar
Biplab Chatterjee
Mrinal Mukherjee
Shailen Mukherjee
Sunil Mukherjee
Santu Mukherjee
Premangshu Bose
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