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Kanchenjungha is Satyajit Ray’s first original screenplay and his first film in color. Indranath Roy (Chhabi Biswas), a domineering patriarch, is determined that his daughter Monisha marry an affluent man of his choice. Over long walks and conversations in this slow, contemplative film, independent-minded Monisha is hesitant about her prospective suitor, due to her budding relationship with working-class man Ashoke and her sister’s failed marriage. The play of light and color reflects shifting moods, as the promise of a sunny day is lost to darkening clouds and lowering mist, bringing with it ugly revelations, confusion, and doubt—all set amid majestic views of Mount Kanchenjungha.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

1962 | 102 min | India | Color | Bengali | Not rated | DCP

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Satyajit Ray

WITH: Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Bannerjee, Pahari Sanyal, Anil Chatterjee