After an unfortunate experience with the documentary Sikkim (1971), produced by the Chogyal of Sikkim (whose widow, Hope Cooke, may possess a copy) but banned by the Indian Government, Ray made this documentary on the noted Bengali painter and muralist Binode Behari Mukherjee. Extensive footage of the artist as a (blind) old man is intercut with shots of paintings and stock footage of Shantiniketan where he worked. The best moments in the film are the shooting of Mukherjee’s best-known work, the Medieval Hindi Saints mural on the walls of the Hindi Bhavan, Shantiniketan.
This documentary was awarded as Best Information Film (Documentary) at 20th National Film Awards in 1972.
The Inner Eye 1972
01 Jan 1972 ● English ● 0 hrs 22 mins
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