Docudrama about the life of Rabindranath Tagore, Indian polymath—poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art, becoming in 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The film was released during Tagore's birth centenary year.

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Rabindranath Tagore (1961)

Documentary/Classic · 0h 54m · 6/25/1981

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'His mortal remains perished, but he left behind him a heritage which no fire could consume.'

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Docudrama about the life of Rabindranath Tagore, Indian polymath—poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art, becoming in 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The film was released during Tagore's birth centenary year.

Status

Released

Languages

Bengali, English

Country

India

Production Company

Films Division of India
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Cast
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Satyajit Ray

Narrator (voice)
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Rabindranath Tagore

Self (Archive footage)
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Raya Chatterjee

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Sovanlal Ganguli

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Smaran Ghosal

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Purnendu Mukherjee

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Kallol Bose

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Subir Bose

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Phani Nan

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Norman Ellis

Crew
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Satyajit Ray

Director
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Soumendu Roy

Director
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Dulal Dutta

Director
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Bansi Chandragupta

Director
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Jyotirindra Moitra

Director
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