tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post7976268547296954248..comments2023-11-05T02:43:12.011-05:00Comments on Qalandar: Musings on Satyajit Ray's TEEN KANYA (Bengali; 1961)Qalandarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822440676942755461noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-8242208112712205912009-05-27T12:35:54.000-04:002009-05-27T12:35:54.000-04:00One of the masters and great of Indian Cinema thou...One of the masters and great of Indian Cinema though this is not one of my favorite Ray films.Ebrahim Kabirhttp://www.indianauteur.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-390916377385625982009-05-19T17:37:48.051-04:002009-05-19T17:37:48.051-04:00Illuminating stuff here Qalandar. My favorite stor...Illuminating stuff here Qalandar. My favorite story here is the Postmaster. I think this is as fine an example of Ray’s naturalism as any and the ending is a little heart-breaking. I do agree that the ghost story being the transitional one makes the film a bit of a puzzle. This story is otherwise fairly standard for the genre though Ray is good enough as a technician and one wishes he had tried his hand at a full length feature film in this mode. The third story, Samapti, is also consistently engaging though not one I like too much. But this along with Postmaster has Ray at his most humorous in many ways (excluding a Goopy Kyne Bagha). On the latter I also love the ‘madman’ here. One of Ray’s more unforgettable minor characters. I am personally inclined to think that the combination of these three stories is a bit uneasy in this omnibus film. But I do confess to being intrigued.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406561488138271169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15324170.post-32475128212761648972009-05-19T17:32:46.952-04:002009-05-19T17:32:46.952-04:00Excellent piece, Qalandar. It's worth noting that ...Excellent piece, Qalandar. It's worth noting that Lincoln Center's screening of the film actually played "Monihara" (the ghost tale) as the third segment instead of the second. This is not how Ray intended it, certainly, but if one were hard-pressed to find a kind of "linearity" between the three works, it's interesting that we begin with childhood, and end with death.<br /><br />I personally found "Postmaster" to be the best of the three. Was thoroughly moved and I am a fan of Anil Chatterjee, who is one of those regular Ray faces one easily warms up to.GFnoreply@blogger.com