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| name = The Bengali Night | | name = The Bengali Night | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| image = The Bengali Night FilmPoster.jpeg | | image = The Bengali Night FilmPoster.jpeg | ||
| director = [[Nicolas Klotz]] | | director = [[Nicolas Klotz]] | ||
| producer = | | producer = | ||
| writer = {{ubl|[[Jean-Claude Carrière]]|[[Mircea Eliade]] (novel)}} | | writer = {{ubl|[[Jean-Claude Carrière]]|[[Mircea Eliade]] (novel)}} | ||
| starring = {{ubl|[[Soumitra Chatterjee]]|[[Shabana Azmi]]|[[Hugh Grant]]|[[Supriya Pathak]]}} | | based_on = {{based on|''[[Bengal Nights (novel)|Bengal Nights]]''|[[Mircea Eliade]]}} | ||
| music = [[Michel Portal]], [[Brij Narayan]] | | starring = {{ubl|[[Soumitra Chatterjee]]|[[Shabana Azmi]]|[[Hugh Grant]]|[[Supriya Pathak]]}} | ||
| music = [[Michel Portal]], [[Brij Narayan]] | |||
| cinematography = | | cinematography = | ||
| editing = | | editing = | ||
| distributor = | | distributor = | ||
| released = {{film date|1988}} | | released = {{film date|1988}} | ||
| runtime = 115 minutes | | runtime = 115 minutes | ||
| country = {{ubl|France|Switzerland|United Kingdom}} | | country = {{ubl|France|Switzerland|United Kingdom}} | ||
| language = [[French language|French]] | | language = [[French language|French]] | ||
| budget = | | budget = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Bengali Night''''' ({{lang-fr|la Nuit Bengali}}) is a [[1988 in film|1988]] semi-autobiographical film based upon the [[Mircea Eliade]] 1933 Romanian novel, ''[[Bengal Nights (novel)|Bengal Nights]]'', directed by [[Nicolas Klotz]] and starring [[Hugh Grant]], [[Soumitra Chatterjee]], [[Supriya Pathak]] and [[Shabana Azmi]]. | '''''The Bengali Night''''' ({{lang-fr|la Nuit Bengali}}) is a [[1988 in film|1988]] semi-autobiographical film based upon the [[Mircea Eliade]] 1933 Romanian novel, ''[[Bengal Nights (novel)|Bengal Nights]]'', directed by [[Nicolas Klotz]] and starring [[Hugh Grant]], [[Soumitra Chatterjee]], [[Supriya Pathak]] and [[Shabana Azmi]]. | ||
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:Devi was bitter about the whole affair. She wrote in 1988: "Christinel [Eliade's widow] has hurt me very badly. She gave permission to a French Co. to film ''La Nuit Bengali''. They came to Calcutta for shooting and gave huge publicity pointing at me as the heroine." It was a close enough breach of Eliade's promise that his book would not come out in English during her lifetime. But it is not known whether Mrs. Eliade was following her husband's wishes or her own.<ref name=uchicago /> | :Devi was bitter about the whole affair. She wrote in 1988: "Christinel [Eliade's widow] has hurt me very badly. She gave permission to a French Co. to film ''La Nuit Bengali''. They came to Calcutta for shooting and gave huge publicity pointing at me as the heroine." It was a close enough breach of Eliade's promise that his book would not come out in English during her lifetime. But it is not known whether Mrs. Eliade was following her husband's wishes or her own.<ref name=uchicago /> | ||
The film was partly shot at village Dhanyakuria and at Indrapuri Studios,Kolkata. | The film was partly shot at village Dhanyakuria and at Indrapuri Studios, Kolkata. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:French biographical films]] | [[Category:French biographical drama films]] | ||
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[[Category:Swiss films]] | [[Category:Swiss films]] | ||
[[Category:Swiss biographical films]] | [[Category:Swiss biographical drama films]] | ||
[[Category:British films]] | [[Category:British films]] | ||
[[Category:British biographical drama films]] | [[Category:British biographical drama films]] | ||
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Carrière]] | [[Category:Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Carrière]] | ||
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| Directed by | Nicolas Klotz |
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| Based on | Bengal Nights by Mircea Eliade |
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| Music by | Michel Portal, Brij Narayan |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
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| Language | French |
The Bengali Night (French: la Nuit Bengali) is a 1988 semi-autobiographical film based upon the Mircea Eliade 1933 Romanian novel, Bengal Nights, directed by Nicolas Klotz and starring Hugh Grant, Soumitra Chatterjee, Supriya Pathak and Shabana Azmi.
Plot summary[edit | edit source]
Allan (Hugh Grant) is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen (Soumitra Chatterjee) which includes his wife, Indira (Shabana Azmi) and daughter Gayatri (Supriya Pathak). Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- John Hurt as Lucien Metz
- Hugh Grant as Allan
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Narendra Sen
- Shabana Azmi as Indira
- Supriya Pathak as Gayatri
Production history[edit | edit source]
Production of the film occurred about a decade after Maitreyi Devi (the inspiration for the character Gayatri) published her version of the story Na Hanyate, (originally published in Bengali). She also extracted a promise from Eliade that his version would never be published in English as long as she is alive. According to Ginu Kamani in "A Terrible Hurt:The Untold Story behind the Publishing of Maitreyi Devi," Maitreyi witnessed the making of the film "The Bengali Night," which was shot in Calcutta from 1987-88 (Eliade had died that year). Her protests culminated "in court cases against the film for insulting Hinduism and for being pornographic."[1] The film was only shown once in India at a film festival in 1989 to mixed reviews and was never released in theaters in the U.S.[1] Kamani also notes:
- Devi was bitter about the whole affair. She wrote in 1988: "Christinel [Eliade's widow] has hurt me very badly. She gave permission to a French Co. to film La Nuit Bengali. They came to Calcutta for shooting and gave huge publicity pointing at me as the heroine." It was a close enough breach of Eliade's promise that his book would not come out in English during her lifetime. But it is not known whether Mrs. Eliade was following her husband's wishes or her own.[1]
The film was partly shot at village Dhanyakuria and at Indrapuri Studios, Kolkata.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "A Terrible Hurt: The Untold Story behind the Publishing of Maitreyi Devi". Press.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
External links[edit | edit source]
- A Terrible Hurt:The Untold Story behind the Publishing of Maitreyi Devi
- The Bengali Night at AllMovie
- The Bengali Night on IMDb
- The Bengali Night at Rotten Tomatoes
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