Title of film : The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha

Director Name : Satyajit Ray

Cast & crew :

Producer : Nepal Dutta,Asim Dutta

Editor : Dulal Dutta

Cast :

  1. 1. Tapen Chatterjee
  2. 2. Rabi Ghosh
  3. 3. Santosh Dutta
  4. 4. Harindranath Chatterjee
  5. 5. Jahar Roy
  6. 6. Santi Chatterjee

Synopsis : Goopy, a young farmer’s son with a passion to sing and a marked absence of talent, is banished by the king from the kingdom, as Goopy has the audacity to disturb the king in his slumber with dreadful singing. Crestfallen Goopy arrives in a forest riding a donkey. He meets Bagha, a drummer from a neighbouring kingdom, who too has been banished by his king for his terrible drumming. Goopy and Bagha soon are good friends and start their terrible music and a series of unprecedented adventures.

Director Bio : Satyajit Ray was a towering figure in the world of cinema. He studied at the University of Calcutta and later joined Shantiniketan, Rabindranath Tagore's university to study art. He began his career as a commercial artist (1943-56). He founded Calcutta's first film society in 1947 and made his first film, Pather Panchali (1955) while working at an advertising agency. Pather Panchali was an immediate success and won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Festival. He was also the recipient of the prestigious Honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, Golden Lion at Venice International Film Festival, thirty five National Film Awards of India, Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, Bharat Ratna, as well as the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Ray also edited Sandesh, a children's magazine and wrote numerous fiction and nonfiction works.

Filmography :

  1. 1. Aparajito ( 1956 )
  2. 2. Apur Sansar ( 1959 )
  3. 3. Agantuk ( 1990 )
  4. 4. Nayak ( 1966 )