This In celebration of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's 150th anniversary, the BFI presents a season of films based on Tagore's literary and musical works, incorporating both classics by Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak and more contemporary work.

Charulata
·  6 May 20:40 NFT1
·  8 May 18:20 NFT1
An intimate relationship develops between a lonely wife and her husband's cousin in 19th-century Calcutta.

Chokher Bali: A Passion Play
·   13 May 19:50 NFT2
·   15 May 15:10 NFT2
An exploration of marital relationships and the position of the widow in upper-class colonial Bengal.

The Cloud-Capped Star
·  21 May 15:40 NFT2 b
· 25 May 20:30 NFT2
Melodramatic portrait of an impoverished family affected by the Bengal partition.

Life Goes On
·  27 May 18:00 NFT3
·  28 May 17:50 NFT2
·  30 May 15:40 NFT2
A grieving family in London attempt to cope with the mother's loss.

Rabindranath Tagore
·  3 May 20:30 NFT2
·  5 May 18:20 NFT2
Satyajit Ray's moving film made to mark the centenary of Tagore's birth.

Three Daughters
·  6 May 19:50 NFT2
·  12 May 20:00 NFT2
A trio of short stories about Rabindranath Tagore.

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