Nayak (1966)

Original title

নায়ক

Directed by

Satyajit Ray

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 53m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 65 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A famous movie star travels by train to receive a national award. During the journey, he gives a long interview to a young journalist and reveals his personal failures, doubts, and regrets.

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What happens

Nayak (subtitled as The Hero; Bengali pronunciation: [naːok]) is a 1966 Indian Bengali-language epic psychological drama written, scored and directed by Satyajit Ray. Produced by R. D. Bansal under the banner of R. D. B. & Co., the film stars Uttam Kumar as a matinee idol on a 24-hour train ride from Kolkata to Delhi to receive a National Award, where he ends up revealing his mistakes, insecurities, and regrets during a multi-part interview to a young journalist, played by Sharmila Tagore. Written and filmed in 1965, Nayak is Ray's second entirely original screenplay, after Kanchenjungha (1962). Subrata Mitra handled its cinematography, while Dulal Dutta edited the film. It marks the first collaboration between Ray and Kumar, and also pairs the latter with Tagore for the second time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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