Title of film : The Inner Eye
Cast & crew :
Producer : Films Division of India
Editor : Dulal Dutta
Cast :
Synopsis : The Inner Eye is a 1972 short documentary film made by Satyajit Ray on Benode Behari Mukherjee, a blind artist and a teacher from Visva-Bharati University, a university founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan. The twenty minute documentary features the life and works of Mukherjee in the form of paintings and photographs, starring himself. The documentary covers his journey from childhood till his blindness engulfs him. At the age of 54, Benode Bihari Mukherjee, an accomplished painter, lost his sight following an unsuccessful cataract operation. He continued to create art despite his loss of sight. The documentary explores Benode Bihari's inner eye that guides his fingers to create art.
