We watched adaptations of Tagore's short story The Hungry Stones: the Bengali Kshudhita Pashan (1960, dir. Tapan Sinha) and the Hindi Lekin (1990, dir. Gulzar). While not as drastically different a pairing as Duvidha and Paheli, these two films create different worlds with the source material, a feat of creativity perhaps necessitated by the fact that Tagore left his story so unresolved. Strong casts, performances, music, production design, and overall artistic vision unite them.
Apparently there is also a short film with yet a different setting—and very hungry stones. https://www.cufilmfest.arts.columbia.edu/2017-films/the-hungry-stones-khudito-pashan
Share your thoughts in the comments! Do you agree that Soumitra Chatterjee is the best brooding hero in Indian cinema? Are you haunted by Dimple Kapadia's huge, searching eyes? Are there other Tagore stories you love on film? Do you have recommendations for other film pairs made from the same literary source?
Read The Hungry Stones on Project Gutenberg (invented at Beth's university! 🔸🔹) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2518/2518-h/2518-h.htm
Read Beth's piece on Kshudhita Pashan https://culturalgutter.com/2019/07/18/kshudhita-pashan-a-ghostly-love-story/ and friend of the podcast Amrita's piece on Lekin https://indiequill.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/lekin-review/ .
Read Cinema Nritya's piece on the kathak in Kshudhita Pashan cinemanrityagharana.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html.
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