Ten minutes of pure devotion that'll make you miss a festival you've never attended.
A 1980 Documentary on Durga Puja by National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).
Direction
Chatterjee's patient observation finds poetry in chaos.
Cinematography
Grainy 16mm captures 1980 Calcutta in gorgeous decay.
Director
Ranen Chatterjee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
NFDC's short documentaries from this era preserved rituals before commercialization transformed Durga Puja into sponsored spectacle.
Ranen Chatterjee rarely gave interviews; this film remains his most widely circulated work, though he directed several NFDC shorts.
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