Three Daughters (1961)
Teen Kanya (original title)Reference View | Change View
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- 2h 53min
- Comedy, Drama
- 05 May 1961 (India)
- Movie
Based on popular Indian stories of the great writer Rabindranath Tagore, these short films reveal definitive moments in the lives of three young girls.
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Awards:
- 4 wins.
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Cast
| Anil Chatterjee | ... |
Nandal (segment "Postmaster")
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Chandana Banerjee | ... |
Ratan (segment "Postmaster")
(as Chandana Bandyopadhyay)
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Nripati Chatterjee | ... |
Bishey (segment "Postmaster")
(as Nripati Chattopadhyay)
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Khagen Pathak | ... |
Khagen (segment "Postmaster")
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Gopal Sen | ... |
Bilash (segment "Postmaster")
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Krishnakamal Bhattacharya | ... |
(segment "Postmaster")
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Haridhan Nag | ... |
(segment "Postmaster")
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Narayan Ghosh | ... |
(segment "Postmaster")
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Batakrishna Nandan | ... |
(segment "Postmaster")
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Haricharan Nag | ... |
(segment "Postmaster")
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Khana Roy Chowdhury | ... |
(narrator) (segment "Postmaster")
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| Kali Bannerjee | ... |
Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara")
(as Kali Bannerji)
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Kanika Majumdar | ... |
Manimalika (segment "Monihara")
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Kumar Roy | ... |
Madhusudan (segment "Monihara")
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Govinda Chakravarti | ... |
Schoolmaster and narrator (segment "Monihara")
(as Gobinda Chakrabarti)
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| Soumitra Chatterjee | ... |
Amulya (segment "Samapti")
(as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
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| Aparna Sen | ... |
Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti")
(as Aparna Das Gupta)
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Sita Mukherjee | ... |
Jogmaya (segment "Samapti")
(as Sita Mukhopadhyay)
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| Gita Dey | ... |
Nistarini (segment "Samapti")
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Santosh Dutta | ... |
Kishori (segment "Samapti")
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Mihir Chakravarti | ... |
Rakhal (segment "Samapti")
(as Mihir Chakraborty)
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Belarani Devi | ... |
(segment "Samapti")
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Devi Neogy | ... |
Haripada (segment "Samapti")
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Arundhati Roy | ... |
(segment "Samapti")
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Directed by
| Satyajit Ray | ||
Written by
| Satyajit Ray | ... | (screenplay) |
| Rabindranath Tagore | ... | (stories) |
Produced by
| Aminyanath Mukherji | ... | associate producer (as Amiyanath Mukhopadhyay) |
| Satyajit Ray | ... | producer |
Music by
| Satyajit Ray | ||
Cinematography by
| Soumendu Roy | ||
Editing by
| Dulal Dutta | ||
Production Design by
| Bansi Chandragupta | ||
Makeup Department
| Sakti Sen | ... | makeup artist (as Shakti Sen) |
Production Management
| Anil Choudhury | ... | production manager |
Art Department
| Ramchandra Shende | ... | backdrops (as R. R. Sinde) |
Sound Department
| Satyen Chatterjee | ... | re-recording (as Satyen Chattopadhyay) |
| Shyamsundar Ghosh | ... | re-recording |
| Durgadas Mitra | ... | sound recordist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Prabhas Bhattacharya | ... | lighting |
| Anil Pal | ... | lighting |
Music Department
| Satyen Chatterjee | ... | music recordist (as Satyen Chattopadhyay) |
| Shyamsundar Ghosh | ... | music recordist |
| Ruma Guha Thakurta | ... | playback singer |
Additional Crew
| Shakti Banerjee | ... | assistant |
| Kashinath Bose | ... | assistant (as Kashinath Basu) |
| Purnendu Bose | ... | assistant (as Purnendu Basu) |
| Krishna Chakraborty | ... | assistant |
| Dulal Das | ... | assistant |
| Panchugopal Das | ... | assistant |
| Subodh Das | ... | assistant |
| Nityananda Datta | ... | assistant |
| Sanatan Debnath | ... | assistant |
| Shailen Dutta | ... | assistant |
| Bhanu Ghosh | ... | assistant |
| Nitai Jana | ... | assistant |
| R.B. Mehta | ... | processing supervisor |
| Pantu Nag | ... | assistant |
| Tapeshwar Prasad | ... | assistant |
| Amiya Sanyal | ... | assistant |
Thanks
| Gopal Basu | ... | acknowledgment |
| Purnendu Bhattacharya | ... | acknowledgment |
| Janendra Narayan Chowdhury | ... | acknowledgment (as Rai Bahadur Janendranarayan Chowdhury) |
| Radhanath Chowdhury | ... | acknowledgment |
| Prabhat Chandra Das | ... | acknowledgment |
| Belarani Devi | ... | acknowledgment |
| Kiran Kumar Mitter | ... | acknowledgment (as Kiran Kumar Mitra) |
| Barin Saha | ... | acknowledgment |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Janus Films (1963) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1972) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- Merchant Ivory Productions (1995) (United States) (theatrical) (restored version)
- Sony Pictures Classics (1995) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Films sans Frontières (1993) (France) (theatrical)
- The Criterion Channel (2021) (United States) (tv) (digital)
Special Effects
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
'Teen Kanya' is an anthology film based upon short stories by Rabindranath Tagore, as a tribute on the author's centenary. The title means "Three Daughters", and the film's original Indian release contained three stories, with three central female characters linking the stories together. 'The Postmaster' concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. 'Monihara' is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. 'Samapti' follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family. The international release did not include 'Monihara', and was released as 'Dui Kanya', or "Two Daughters". |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The "Monihara" segment of the film was dropped for the first international release because subtitles could not be finished in time due to budgeting constraints. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Features Conversation with James Ivory (2010). See more » |
| Quotes |
Ratan (segment "Postmaster"):
I can sing too. Nandal (segment "Postmaster"): Is that so? Ratan (segment "Postmaster"): I can sing now if you like. [singing] Ratan (segment "Postmaster"): In the lonely forest, A little girl is crying, Calling for you, Tears drop from her eyes, In the lonely forest, A little girl is crying, Calling for you, Tears drop from her eyes, With a trembling voice, She keeps calling out, With a trembling voice, She keeps calling out, The girl is lost in the forest, And nobody hears her, Nobody answers her See more » |