Abatar (1941)

Original title

অবতার

Directed by

Premankur Atorthy

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

1h 54m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is about King Indranath who faces a series of misfortunes. Gods come down to earth in human form to deal with the situation. It mixes mythological stories with criticism of modern society and industrialization during World War II.

mythologicalsatiricalslow-buildseriousreflectivedramaticsocially-awaresymbolic

What happens

Abatar ("The Incarnation") also known as Avatar is a 1941 Indian Bengali mythological social drama film directed by Premankur Atorthy. The film was produced by Sree Bharat Lakshmi Pictures. The music of the film was composed by Himangshu Dutta, who is referred to as Surasagar Himangshu Dutta. He made use of Rabindra Sangeet in his compositions and helped familiarize S. D. Burman with its use in composing semi-classical songs. The cast included Durgadas Bannerjee, Ahindra Choudhury, Jyotsna Gupta, Tulsi Lahiri, Utpal Sen and Panna Devi. The film is a mythological rendering along with satire of modern society and rapid extension of generation through industrialization, economy and modern politics during second world war. The story of the film is about King Indranath's misfortunes and the descent to earth of gods incarnated as humans. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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