Natir Puja: Difference between revisions

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| cinematography = SubodhNitin MitraBose

| editing = Subodh Mitra

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1932|03|22|Kolkata|ref1=<ref name=Gooptu2011 />}}

'''''Natir Puja''''' (''The[[English language|English]]:the dancing girl's worship'', 1932) is the only film where [[Rabindranath Tagore]] is credited as director.<ref name="Gooptu2011">{{cite book|author=Sharmistha Gooptu|title=Bengali Cinema: An Other Nation|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=pzEdHF5UYcMC&pg=PA46|accessdateaccess-date=16 December 2012|year=2011|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-57006-0|pages=46–}}</ref><ref name="16th KFF: Rabindranath Tagore on Celluloid">{{cite web|title=16th KFF: Rabindranath Tagore on Celluloid|url=http://www.bollywoodtrade.com/trade-news/16th-kff-rabindranath-tagore-on-celluloid/index.htm|publisher=Bollywood Trade|accessdateaccess-date=15 December 2012|archive-date=13 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213142603/http://www.bollywoodtrade.com/trade-news/16th-kff-rabindranath-tagore-on-celluloid/index.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=R0EOAQAAMAAJ|accessdateaccess-date=16 December 2012|date=26 June 1999|publisher=British Film Institute|page=623}}</ref> This film is a recording of Tagore's 1926 stage dance-drama of the same name.<ref name="Natir Puja revisited (documentary)">{{cite web|title=Natir Puja revisited (documentary)|url=httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp6Js9pAOwc|accessdateaccess-date=15 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=চলচ্চিত্র পরিচালক রবীন্দ্রনাথ |url=https://samakal.com/todays-print-edition/tp-nondan/article/1605210054 |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=SAMAKAL |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609114547/https://samakal.com/todays-print-edition/tp-nondan/article/1605210054 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The dramatized version of Tagore's ''Natir Puja'' was first staged at theRabindranath's own home Uttorayan, [[Jorasanko Thakur Bari|Konarak]] Rabindrabhaban, Santinikatan in 19271933.<ref name="16th KFF: Rabindranath Tagore on Celluloid" />

The film was shot on NT Studio’sStudio's Floor Number 1, and it was shot within 4 days. Other than writing and directing the film, Tagore also acted in the film. The music of the film composed by [[Dinendranath Tagore]]. The cinematographer of the film was Subodh Mitra. They did not follow conventional rules, and the film was shot like a stage drama.<ref name="16th KFF: Rabindranath Tagore on Celluloid" />

After completion of shooting and editing, the 10,577-foot -long film version was released on 22 March 1932 at Chitra, Kolkata[[Calcutta]].<ref name=Gooptu2011 /><ref name="Tagore1961">{{cite book|author=Rabindranath Tagore|title=A centenary volume, 1861-1961|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=rJYRAQAAMAAJ|accessdateaccess-date=16 December 2012|year=1961|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|page=493}}</ref> Because of Tagore's presence in the film, it was expected that the film would be well received by viewers. The producers of the film agreed to donate fifty per cent of the film's proceeds into Tagore's Santiniketan project. But, the film was a commercial failure. Later, the staginess of the film was blamed for this commercial failure.<ref name=Gooptu2011 /> B. N. Sircar felt the short shooting schedule of the film was the reason of the commercial failure.<ref name="The Glory that Was: An Exploration of the Iconicity of New Theatres">{{cite web|title=The Glory that Was: An Exploration of the Iconicity of New Theatres|url=http://www.cssaame.com/issues/23/33.pdf|accessdateaccess-date=15 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811112318/http://www.cssaame.com/issues/23/33.pdf|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* Cinematographer: SubodhNitin Bose Mitra

[[Category:Works by Rabindranath Tagore]]

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