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Devi (The Criterion Collection)

Ray, Satyajit (Director), Chatterjee, Soumitra (Actor), Biswas, Chhabi (Actor) Rated:

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Genre	Drama
Format	Subtitled, NTSC
Contributor	Ray, Satyajit, Biswas, Chhabi, Chatterjee, Soumitra, Tagore, Sharmila
Language	Bengali

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Devi title banner: two versions of a mystic face bookend temple columns and archways

Devi cover art: A woman's face is divided in half by one side in covered in blue

The great Satyajit Ray’s hauntingly tragic nineteenth century fable explores the conflict between faith and reason

In the waning days of mid-nineteenth-century India’s feudal system, after his son (Soumitra Chatterjee) leaves for Kolkata to complete his studies, a wealthy rural landowner (Chhabi Biswas) is seized by the notion that his beloved daughter-in-law (a hauntingly sad-eyed Sharmila Tagore) is the reincarnation of the goddess Kali—a delusion that proves devastating to the young woman and those around her.

The opulently stylized compositions and the chiaroscuro lighting by cinematographer Subrata Mitra heighten the entrancing expressionistic intensity of this domestic tragedy, making for an experience that is both sublime and shattering.

Special Edition Features

New 4K digital restoration
Interviews with actors Sharmila Tagore and Soumitra Chatterjee
New video essay by film scholar Meheli Sen

Three scenes: A man approaches another lost in though, a woman drifts in a field, a sad meeting

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Master filmmaker Satyajit Ray explores the conflict between fanaticism and free will in Devi (The Goddess), issuing a subversively modern challenge to religious orthodoxy and patriarchal power structures. In the waning days of mid-nineteenth-century India’s feudal system, after his son (Soumitra Chatterjee) leaves for Kolkata to complete his studies, a wealthy rural landowner (Chhabi Biswas) is seized by the notion that his beloved daughter-in-law (a hauntingly sad-eyed Sharmila Tagore) is the reincarnation of the goddess Kali—a delusion that proves devastating to the young woman and those around her. The opulently stylized compositions and the chiaroscuro lighting by cinematographer Subrata Mitra heighten the entrancing expressionistic intensity of this domestic tragedy, making for an experience that is both sublime and shattering.

DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration
• New program featuring interviews with actors Sharmila Tagore and Soumitra Chatterjee, recorded in 2013
• New video essay by film scholar Meheli Sen
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Devika Girish

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MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.52 x 5.39 x 0.51 inches; 2.72 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Ray, Satyajit
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, NTSC
Release date ‏ : ‎ October 26, 2021
Actors ‏ : ‎ Chatterjee, Soumitra, Biswas, Chhabi, Tagore, Sharmila
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Studio ‏ : ‎ The Criterion Collection
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B099L9KN85
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Thomas Kane

A Goddess of Mixed Blessings.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 21, 2022

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Only two things disappoint about this Criterion release; first, that it’s the only film to be added to the collection on the 100th anniversary of Satyajit Ray’s birth. (That’s probably not Criterion‘s fault, since most of Ray’s films were compromised by scandalously poor storage conditions.)

The second is that their story description is inappropriate to the actual film, and doesn’t reflect the director’s focus in the slightest. (Ray’s exploration of the human condition is far more telling and nuanced than the trite flag-waving they present it as here.)

Aside from that, Devi gets the impeccable Criterion treatment – which Satyajit Ray deserves more than most directors, since he was the closest thing to Chekhov world cinema had seen, until the flowering of Abbas Kiarostami decades later.

A well-told story about our frightening capacity for delusion, it’s one of Ray’s weaker films from this period, but still an enriching view.

(Hopefully, Criterion will make up for their offenses here by releasing Aranyer Din Ratri [Days and Nights in the Forest] in 2023!)

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Daryl Chin

An early masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, finally restored!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 14, 2022

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DEVI has been one of the missing films in Satyajit Ray's filmography: all the prints that were available have been severely degraded, with the wonderful black-and-white cinematography looking fuzzy and faded. It has taken decades, but finally, this film has been restored in prime condition, and has now been made available through Criterion. And it is glorious! It's a pity that there aren't more extras (what is provided is quite enlightening), but the quality of the restoration is the primary attraction!

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John Elliott

Sublime cinema

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 10, 2022

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Criterion can do no wrong (mostly). Devi is an exquisite work of art from Satyajit Ray. Did he create anything that wasn’t breathtakingly perfect?

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Shamik Saha

Excellent Restoration

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 25, 2021

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The restoration of Devi - A Satyajit Ray masterpiece is excellent. We all enjoyed the output. Great Job Criterion

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D. Pawl

beautiful and chillingly cautionary film.......

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 17, 2006

This film continues to permeate my mind, eleven years afer the first time I had the honor to see it, in its full glory, in the movie theater. This very important story is a character study of the role of the young wife in the culture of Satyajit Ray's Bengali-speaking society. (I wish I could say what region of India this film was specific to. There is such a diversity of cultures in India, it would be unfair to generalize this role, in saying that this is the image that the entire nation has of Indian wives, and their responsiblity to their husband, as well as to the hearth.)

Doyamoyee (Sharmila Tagore) is the beautiful, seventeen year old bride of Umaprasad (Soumitra Chatterjee). When Umaprasad must go away for an extended period of time, Doyamoyee is left to stay with his family--that includes his father, Kalikinkar (Chhabi Biswas). A prophetic vision comes to Kalikinkar, while he is dreaming. He sees Doyamoyee as the healing goddess, Kali. Once that imagery lingers in his mind, he is convinced that she has been annointed as the second coming of the goddess, and has the power to heal the sick in their community. That said, she is made to sit on an alter, day in and day out, and perform healing rituals for the afflicted. Umaprasad arrives home, to discover, this, and is more than skeptical.

This is a cautionary tale at how far visions will drive people, to realize--quite literally, in this case--their dreams. Ray poses this important point, through beautiful storytelling (through his use of cinematography, direction and wonderful acting). They really need to re-release in the theaters. Satyajit Ray is one of the most important directors of all time, in my opinion. The newer generation needs to see his films, to fully appreciate his artistic genius, as a storyteller and filmmaker. This is a great introduction......Also reccomended: "Two Daughters" and "The Stranger."

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Changing values, faith and a couple's love for each other

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 15, 2003

Based on a story by Prabhat Kuman Mukherjee, this 1960 Indian film was written and directed by Satyajit Ray, one of his many accomplishments in a long and distinguished career. It's in the Bengali language with English subtitles, which were a bit hard to read on the black and white film, and some of it wasn't even translated. However, I had no trouble getting interested in the story and following what was going on.
I could feel the love and devotion between a young married couple as they separate for a month because the husband has to take exams in a distant city. He's modern and has become a Christian and rejects his father's old-fashioned religion and old-fashioned ways. The wife, Dona, who is only 17 years old, goes to stay with the father who absolutely adores her, much to the jealously of his other daughter-in-law who lives with him. One night the old man has a vision and declares that Dona is the incarnation of the Goddess Kali and falls at her feet to worship her. How this all plays out leads to a conclusion that is open to interpretation.
The actors are all wonderful, and when Dona opens her huge eyes, outlined in kohl, she has the ability to make one look speak volumes. A lot of the film is in shadows, but there is always light on the whites of the characters' eyes. This is a story about changing values and about faith and the whole production is wrapped in this kind of aura. There is always a background of sitar music, which adds to the atmosphere. One of the best things about the film, however, was that it transported me to India and into the hearts and minds of a culture that is not mine. I can now understand why Satyajit Ray has received so much international acclaim. Recommended.

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Great print

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on January 21, 2022

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The best this film has looked in years, the restoration enhances the details present in the original source

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