| Komal Gandhar (A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale) | |
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| Directed by | Ritwik Ghatak |
| Screenplay by | Ritwik Ghatak |
| Produced by | Ritwik Ghatak |
| Cinematography | Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay |
| Edited by | Ramesh Joshi |
| Music by | Jyotirindra Moitra Lyrics: Rabindranath Tagore |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Komal Gandhar (Bengali: কোমল গান্ধার Kōmal Gāndhār),[1] also known as A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale, is a 1961 Bengali film[2] written and directed by legendary film maker Ritwik Ghatak.[3][4][5] The title refers to the Hindustani equivalent of "E-flat". It was part of the trilogy composed of Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), Komal Gandhar and Subarnarekha (1962), all dealing with the aftermath of the Partition of India in 1947 and the refugees coping with it, though this was the most optimistic film of his oeuvre.[6] The film explores three themes juxtaposed in the narrative: the dilemma of Anusuya, the lead character, the divided leadership of IPTA, and the fallout from the partition of India.[7]
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- ^ "E-Flat (1961)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Jinxed legacy". Hinduonnet.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
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- ^ Rosalind Galt; Karl Schoonover (2010). Global Art Cinema: New Theories and Histories. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-538562-5.
- ^ Haimanti Banerjee (1985). Ritwik Kumar Ghatak: a monograph. National Film Archive of India. pp. 62–3. ISBN 81-201-0001-8.