Adaptations of works of Rabindranath Tagore in film and television
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Below is a list of adaptations of works of Rabindranath Tagore in film and television.
Adaptations in film[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Language | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Balidan (Sacrifice) | Nanand Bhojai and Naval Gandhi | Hindi (silent) | Visarjan (1890 play) |
| 1929 | Giribala | Giribala (1895 short story) | ||
| 1932 | Chirakumar Sabha | Premankur Atorthy | Chirakumar Sabha (The Bachelor's Club; 1904 novel) | |
| Natir Puja | Rabindranath Tagore | Bangali | Natir Puja | |
| 1938 | Chokher Bali | Satu Sen | Bengali | Chokher Bali (Sand in the Eye; 1901 novella)[1] |
| Gora (film) | Naresh Mitra | Gora (Fair-Faced;1909 novel) | ||
| 1942 | Sodh Bodh | Sodh Bodh (All Square; 1926 comedy) | ||
| 1946 | Milan | Nitin Bose | Hindi | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) |
| 1947 | Noukadubi (1947 film) (Bengali remake of Milan) | Nitin Bose | Bengali | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) |
| 1953 | Do Bigha Zamin | Bimal Roy | Hindi | "Dui Bigha Jomi" (Two Bighas of Land; poem) |
| 1956 | Mathar Kula Manickam | T. Prakash Rao | Tamil | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) |
| Charana Daasi | T. Prakash Rao | Telugu | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) | |
| 1957 | Kabuliwala | Tapan Sinha | Bengali | Kabuliwala (1892 short story) |
| 1960 | Ghunghat | Ramanand Sagar | Hindi | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) |
| Kshudhita Pashan | Tapan Sinha | Bengali | Kshudhita Pashan (Hungry Stones; 1895 short story) | |
| Khokababur Pratyabartan | Agradoot | Bengali | Khokababur Pratyabartan (Return of Khokababu; 1891 short story) | |
| 1961 | Teen Kanya | Satyajit Ray | Bengali | The Postmaster, Monihara (The Lost Jewels), Samapti (The Conclusion) (1891, 1898, 1893) |
| Kabuliwala | Bimal Roy | Hindi | Kabuliwala (1892 short story) | |
| 1964 | Charulata | Satyajit Ray | Bengali | Nastanirh (The Broken Nest; 1901 novella) |
| Dak Ghar | Zul Vellani | Hindi | Dak Ghar; (The Post Office; 1912 play) | |
| 1965 | Dak Ghar | N/A | Bengali | Dak Ghar; (The Post Office; 1912 play) |
| Atithi | Tapan Sinha | Bengali | Atithi (short-story) | |
| 1969 | Megh o Roudra | Arundhati Devi | Bengali | Megh o Roudra (Sun and Showers) |
| 1970 | Ichhapuran | Mrinal Sen | Bengali | Ichchhapuran (short-story) |
| 1971 | Uphaar | Sudhendu Roy | Hindi | Samapti (The Conclusion; 1893 short story) |
| Malyadan | Ajoy Kar | Bengali | ||
| 1972 | Strir Patra | Purnendu Patri | Bengali | |
| 1975 | Geet Gaata Chal | Hiren Nag | Hindi | Atithi (short story) |
| 1985 | Ghare Baire | Satyajit Ray | Bengali | Ghare Baire (The Home and the World; 1916 novel) |
| 1991 | Lekin... | Gulzar | Hindi | Kshudhit Pashaan (Hungry Stones; 1895 short story) |
| 1997 | Char Adhyay | Kumar Shahani | Hindi | Char Adhyay (Four Chapters; 1934 novel) |
| Oka Chinna Maata | Muthyala Subbaiah | Telugu | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) | |
| 2003 | Chokher Bali | Rituparno Ghosh | Bengali | Chokher Bali (Sand in the Eye; 1901 novella) |
| 2004 | Shasti | Chashi Nazrul Islam | Bengali | Shasti (Punishment; short story) |
| 2006 | Shuva | Chashi Nazrul Islam | Bengali | Shuvashini (short story) |
| 2008 | Chaturanga | Suman Mukherjee | Bengali | Chaturanga (Quartet; 1916 novel) |
| 2012 | Abujh Bou | Nargis Akhtar | Bengali | |
| 2011 | Noukadubi | Rituparno Ghosh | Bengali | Noukadubi (The Wreck; 1906 novel) |
| Charuulata 2011 | Agnidev Chatterjee | Bengali | Nastanirh (The Broken Nest; 1901 novella) | |
| 2012 | Elar Char Adhyay | Bappaditya Bandyopadhyay | Bengali | Char Adhyay (Four Chapters; 1934 novel) |
| Tasher Desh | Qaushiq Mukherjee | Bengali | Tasher Desh (The Land of Cards; 1933 drama) | |
| Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish | Rituparno Ghosh | Bengali | Chitra (1913 play) | |
| Mukti | Buddhadev Dasgupta | Hindi | Tagore's poems | |
| Patralekha | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Hindi | Tagore's poems | |
| 2013 | An Obsolete Altar | Mrigankasekhar Ganguly and Hyash Tanmoy | Bengali | Achalayatan (The Immovable; 1912 play) |
| Dekha, Na-Dekhay | Arnab Ghoshal | Bengali | Aparichita (The Unknown Woman ; short story) | |
| 2014 | Shesher Kabita | Suman Mukhopadhyay | Bengali | Shesher Kabita (The Last Poem or Farewell Song; 1929 novel) |
| Taptapadi | Sachin Balram Nagargoje | Marathi | Dristidaan | |
| 2015 | Jogajog | Shekhar Das | Bengali | Jogajog (Relationships; 1929 novel) |
| Gora | Shukla Mitra | Gora (Fair-Faced;1909 novel) | ||
| 2016 | Postmaster | Srijon Bardhan | Bengali | The Postmaster (1891 short story) |
| Dristi | Prodyut Kumar Deka | Assamese | ||
| 2017 | Detective | Prodyut Kumar Deka | Bengali | Detective (1898 short story) |
| Bioscopewala | Deb Medhekar | Hindi | Kabuliwala (1892 short story) | |
| 2018 | Laboratory | Soumik Chattopadhyay | Bengali | |
| 2020 | Detective (2020 film) | Joydip Mukherjee | Bengali | |
| Darbaan | Bipin Nadkarni | Hindi | The Child's Return (1918 short story) |
Adaptations on television[edit]
- In 2012 Hindi channel Doordarshan broadcast a 26-episode television series based the Tagore's novel Gora (1909) by producer Gargi Sen and director Somnath Sen.[2][3]
- In 2015, Anurag Basu adapted many short stories of Tagore in a show titled Stories by Rabindranath Tagore, which was aired on EPIC channel. The 26-episode Season 1 was based on many famous short stories such as Chokher Bali, Atithi, Nastanirh, and Kabuliwallah among others.
- Directors Abhijit Guha and Sudeshna Roy ran a series of Tagore's stories titled Robi Thakurer Golpo, which was aired on Colors Bangla and was launched on 19 November 2015. Each story is shown in three episodes.[4] The series consisted of more than a dozen stories, including Dena Paona, Shamapti, Kabuliwala, Postmaster, Khokababur Pratyabartan, Manihara, Jeebito Mrityu, Madhyabartini, Manbhanjan, Nastanirh, Strir Patra,[5] Noukadubi and Chokher Bali, among others.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Chokher Bali (1938)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ Ipshita Mitra (15 May 2013). "Tagore's Gora to come alive on television". The Times of India.
- ^ Magic Lantern Movie (5 November 2012). Tagore's 'Gora' set for telecast on Doordarshan's national channel.
- ^ Tellychakkar.com. Colors Bangla launches Robi Thakurer Golpo. 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Sudeshna, Abhijit back on TV with series on Tagore". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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