Ashani Sanket

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Ashani Sanket
Directed by	Satyajit Ray
Written by	Satyajit Ray
Starring	Soumitra Chatterjee, Bobita
Release date(s)	1973 26 October 1975
Language	Bengali
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Distant Thunder (1973; Bangla: অশনি সংকেত, Ashani Sanket) is a 1973 Bengali language film by the renowned Indian director Satyajit Ray.

The film is set in the rural Indian province of Bengal during the Second World War, and examines the effect of the Great Famine of 1943 on the villages of Bengal through the eyes of a young Brahmin doctor-teacher and his wife. Ray shows the human scale of a cataclysmic event that killed more than 3 million people. The film unfolds at a leisurely pace that reflects the rhythms of village life, but gradually shows the breakdown of traditional village norms under the pressure of hunger and starvation.

Unlike most of Ray's earlier films, Distant Thunder was filmed in colour. It stars Soumitra Chatterjee, who headlined numerous Ray films, and the Bangladeshi actress Bobita in her only prominent international role.

Ashani Sanket won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 1973 Berlin Film Festival.

[edit] External links

• Ashani Sanket at SatyajitRay.org

v • d • e Films directed by Satyajit Ray Pather Panchali (1955) • Aparajito (1957) • Parash Pathar (1958) • Jalsaghar (1958) • The World of Apu (1959) • Devi (1960) • Teen Kanya (1961) • Rabindranath Tagore (1961) • Kanchenjungha (1962) • Abhijan (1962) • Mahanagar (1963) • Charulata (1964) • Two (1965) • Kapurush (1965) • Mahapurush (1966) • Nayak (1966) • Chiriyakhana (1967) • Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969) • Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) • Pratidwandi (1971) • Seemabaddha (1971) • Sikkim (1971) • The Inner Eye (1972) • Distant Thunder (1973) • Sonar Kella (1974) • Jana Aranya (1976) • Bala (1976) • The Chess Players (1977) • Joi Baba Felunath (1978) • Hirak Rajar Deshe (1980) • Pikoor Diary (1981) • Sadgati (1981) • Ghare Baire (1984) • Sukumar Ray (1987) • Ganashatru (1989) • Shakha Proshakha (1990) • The Stranger (1991)

Awards
Preceded by The Canterbury Tales	Golden Bear winner 1973	Succeeded by The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz