A modern ghost story, written and directed by Tapan Sinha, from "The Hungry Stones" by R. Tagore. A Bengali civil servant, educated and skeptical, is assigned to a remote, mostly Moslem province of India. He takes up residence, against the advice of the locals, in a deserted mansion, formerly the home of a long-dead Nabob with a reputation for licentiousness. The house is said to be haunted by the ghosts of those who died the victims of his lusts. The semi-ruined place awakens in the young modern man a romantic nostalgia that unsettles him but pleases him too. His imagination first peoples the twilight with beautiful visions and far-off music. But after dark his cook and serving man leave him there alone - no one else will stay the night in the mansion - and the visions return unbidden, and draw him into their world. The young man is played by the great Soumitra Chatterjee, a frequent Satyajit Ray collaborator. This is a splendid film.
Review of Kshudhita Pashan
