Ghare Baire – Tagore’s Text to Ray’s Film– A Revaluation
Keywords:
Adaptation, film language, the language of the novelAbstract
This article focuses on the adaptation of ‘Ghare Baire’ (translated as The Home and the World) written in the context of 1905 when there was a plan going on for the partition of Bengal. Satyajit Roy made a movie out of this novel retaining the name in 1984. This adaptation raises issues somewhat at variance with the novel. The film is an opportunity to look at the contemporary world from an educated and elite woman’s point. As the social context during Tagore’s time appeared to be redundant during Ray’s making the film, he shifted to the other issues which were gaining ground throughout the world. The film becomes a restating of the story from Bimala, the major protagonist’s angle. While discussing this aspect, the translation of novelistic language to filmic language and some other aspects need to be considered.
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