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Release Date: 1966

Cast: Hiralal, Sumita Sanyal, Bharati Devi, Nirmal Ghosh, Bireswar Sen, Ranjit Sen, Premangshu Bose, Somen Bose, Lali Chowdhury, Susmita Mukherjee, Sharmila Tagore, Kamu Mukherjee ...MORE

Cast: Hiralal, Sumita Sanyal, Bharati Devi, Nirmal Ghosh, Bireswar Sen, Ranjit Sen, Premangshu Bose, Somen Bose, Lali Chowdhury, Susmita Mukherjee, Sharmila Tagore, Kamu Mukherjee, Subrata Sensharma, Uttam Kumar ...LESS

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Nayak (Bengali: নায়ক), released in the United States as Nayak: The Hero is a 1966 film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. It was Ray's second entirely original screenplay (after Kanchenjungha). The story concerns a matinee idol (played by Uttam Kumar) on a cross-country train journey, who is placed in the midst of various psychodramas unfolding among a varied cast of mostly wealthy characters. A famous star of Bengali films, Arindam (Uttam Kumar), has been invited to the capital to receive a prestigious award. As all the flights are booked, he is forced to travel by a train... MORE

Nayak (Bengali: নায়ক), released in the United States as Nayak: The Hero is a 1966 film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. It was Ray's second entirely original screenplay (after Kanchenjungha). The story concerns a matinee idol (played by Uttam Kumar) on a cross-country train journey, who is placed in the midst of various psychodramas unfolding among a varied cast of mostly wealthy characters. A famous star of Bengali films, Arindam (Uttam Kumar), has been invited to the capital to receive a prestigious award. As all the flights are booked, he is forced to travel by a train from Calcutta to New Delhi. He is in a foul mood as the morning's papers are filled with his being involved in an altercation and his latest film is slated to become his first flop.In the restaurant car, he meets Aditi (Sharmila Tagore), a young journalist who edits a serious women's magazine. Filled with contempt for the likes of him, she secretly plans to interview him because she thinks it would make a saleable 'copy'. It soon leads to him unwittingly pouring out his life history. The interraction also brings to surface the inner insecurities of Arindam's character and his consciousness of the limitations LESS