The Goddess
1960 · Movie · NR · 93 min · ★ 7.5 · 95% critics
After a revered elder claims a young married woman is the living form of a goddess, a household and village are swept into devotion. As worship grows around her, the story becomes a haunting look at faith, pressure, and the cost of surrendering reason.
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Details
- Original title
- দেবী
- Years
- 1960
- Release date
- 1960-02-19
- Language
- BN
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (62 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to intense, reflective dramas about belief and social pressure, especially if you appreciate Charulata or The Music Room; Not for you if you want fast pacing or an uplifting mood.
Pros: haunting atmosphere; thought-provoking themes; powerful lead performance | Cons: very slow pace; heavy subject matter; emotionally bleak
Cast & crew
Sharmila Tagore
as Doyamoyee
Soumitra Chatterjee
as Umaprasad
Chhabi Biswas
as Kalikinkar Roy
Karuna Banerjee
as Harasundari
- PM
Purnendu Mukherjee
as Taraprasad
- AC
Arpan Chowdhury
as Khoka
Anil Chatterjee
as Bhudeb
- MI
Mohammed Israil
as Nibaran
- KS
Kali Sarkar
as Professor Sarkar
- KC
Khagesh Chakravarti
as Kaviraj
Directed by Satyajit Ray